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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Internet 2.0. Restructuring of the network, an end to anonymity, all work will be traced back to the source, nothing will exist without attribution.
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You bring in an interesting fantasy...but the only fantasy we are engaging in this exercise is the abolishing of intellectual property.
[QUOTE=Giggleton;1537750]The authentic site will be one that the most popular creators spend most of their time at, the readers will follow. All other sites will be fully capable of hosting ebooks, attributable as always to the creator, but the authentic site will be where the money is.[/quote
How does this benefit the authors? The moment they try to charge for their work, the "we don't pay authors" site will spring up for folks to get those works for free. And that is all and good because...well...because there is no longer any such thing as copyright or intellectual property.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
NO BOOK WILL BE SOLD, ALL WILL BE FREELY GIVEN.
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Exactly. And why, then, will folks spend so much time and energy creating those free books?
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
It seems that some think that if I give a book away, another will be able to sell it somewhere else, this is not the case.
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Actually, it would be the case. Someone could create a site who's ease and convenience would make some folks willing to pay to join. Just like Penguin Books is able to charge for their "Penguin Classics" by adding notes and professional historical commentary for them. But, well, that was the past when Penguin had a financial motivation to actually make the classics more accessible.
We aren't forbidding the charging for anything in this exercise. Charge away all you like. You just have to realize that you can't own that which you wish others to pay you for.
Lee