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Originally Posted by Giggleton
I spend a good portion of my day imagining just such a world. Everything basically hinges on karma, do unto others as you would have them do unto you and such.
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And I welcome you to this thread. You are definitely one who has been advocating for just this scenario.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
There are people out there that like to exploit others for their own benefit, by storing copies of ebooks on sites and then placing advertising on those sites to generate revenue.
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Why is this a bad thing in your opinion? The ebooks are now free from ownership. Everyone can do with them as they please. Put ads on your site, or not.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
In a copyright free world those kind of sites would be irrelevant, ebooks would be available gratis from the source, the authentic site.
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Where comes this notion of "authentic"? Without copyright, I can put my name on anyone else's work. It would be no less legitimate for me to put my name on someone's work than to use characters others have invented in my own stories. There is no ownership.
I also fail to see how a copyright free world will do anything to change the nature of advertising on websites. Perhaps you could clarify.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
There will be extreme competition to create the true authentic site, that hosts all ebooks and also provides an extremely streamlined and highly functional interface for the reader.
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Who is going to pay for this site? Why are they going to spend money sifting through an endless supply of novels to try and figure out who the real author is? And who care's who the real author is? Is "Dune by Joe Shmoe" any less desirable than "Dune by Frank Herbert" when they are the exact same book? Who knows....maybe Joe Shmoe makes an even better cover or sprinkles illustrations throughout the book.
Lee