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Originally Posted by Leyor
I think your very wrong here, I'd like to point to another thread for an example:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=133249
This is just one example and you can make up all kind of arguments of why this doesn't work, or shouldn't work or can't work. The possibilities are out there though for those being creative. |
And as I posted in that thread, I think that's a unique case. That book is really being sold as an object (as someone else said). It's a very giftable picture book. As such it's basically immune to piracy. That's not at all the case for text works, music and movies.
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Alot of industries are faced with similar problems, and its nothing new. In Germany before copyright, publishers faced an extreme amount of plagiarism(sp?), it was easy and cheap to produce big runs of cheap paper copies, they dealt with that by outcompeting them, making different runs and editions.
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They out competed their rivals by physically producing cheaper books. That simply doesn't apply in a non-copyright, digital world where most any book, movie or piece of music can be instantly copied and distributed to millions of people within hours of being released.
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Customers have different needs, most don't have the need for just a digital copy of a book to read on their ereader or pc. In our market driven society you really don't believe that the industry will come up with ways to make money off this?
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Money off of what though? The only thing that won't be immediately be copied and distributed are books that fall into the same category as the one you linked to, books that work as objects first. Non-picture books, movies and music will be on torrents immediately, all freely and legally available for anyone who wants a copy. How is that remotely sustainable for the content creation industry?
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To quote someone: "If you can reach people, you can sell them shit". It's just a question of tailoring it to the right demographic, and a good solid fanbase is a great audience.
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But who is going to pay for that content?
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I think my main objection is, that your argument is the same argument that comes up everytime a market shifts. It's not practical, there's noone going to buy it if you can get it for free/cheap/better/more pink. I am not saying it isn't valid points, but right now we actually have people buying a product they can get similar for free, due to the legality, and a perception of quality. (Else they'd just get free selfpublished books, there's enough out there to last everyone here in this forum a lfietime).
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We're not talking about a market shift here, we're talking about market destruction. I've yet to see any practical example of how someone, a writer let's say, is going to make money writing when anything they produce is immediately available legally, and for free, to anyone who wants a copy. The same goes for movies and music. Why would I buy a movie theater ticket, or a music CD, or a DVD, when I can legally get it off the net for nothing?