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Originally Posted by ardeegee
Is there any reason that your every response in this thread shouldn't be considered to be a massive troll, leebase? Because I can't see one.
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A troll stirs people up just to stir people up. This is a provocative treatment of a subject we discuss all the time on this forum in many forms.
I agree that there are inequities in our society. And yet, one must actually think through from the other side, sometimes, to really get understanding.
How could high priced ebooks ever be considered a virtue? Well, lets consider a world in which there was no copyright. That would HAVE to be a better world, right?
The poor would no longer be denied access to knowledge or even entertainment on the basis of being unable to pay. Isn't that obviously a good thing?
"Greedy corporate publishers" are an easy enemy. Surely they do nothing but serve themselves and society would be much better without them. Well. Let's take some time and imagine that world.
Is money necessary to entice people to create books? Just how in the world can authors and the like make money if there was no concept of intellectual property.
Lee