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Actually, I have been speaking in very straightforward terms, trying to emphasize the fact that a product that an author makes money on should be paid for, whatever its format. The fact that e-books can easily be copied and disseminated by others, thereby creating instances of the product independent of the author's efforts, does not change this one fact (yes, I personally consider this a fact). And finally, that copyright law should be written/rewritten to indicate and protect this fact.
This has nothing to do with American morals, or anyone else's. This has to do with one simple point of understanding that any society should honor: A producer's work should be paid for. Any rationalizations to the contrary are anti-social, even though they are obviously NOT anti-human nature. However, if we allow human nature to oversome the needs of society, we will not be better off... with almost 7 billion people on this planet, if we don't follow the rules laid down by societies, we haven't got a chance of surviving.
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