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Originally Posted by Soldim
Whereas I fully agree that illegal downloading is unethical and immoral, I am appalled to see what freedoms you are willing to give up (and want others to give up) in exchange for a few bucks.
Personally, I value the anonymous expression possibilities, both for those in repressed countries as for those in relatively well functioning democracies above the (perceived!!) financial interests of any author or creator.
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This again.
As I've pointed out earlier, most of us have already given up those freedoms for our driver's licenses, credit cards, store cards, cellphones, health plans, mortgages, vehicles, internet access, etc, etc. Will this one straw on that pile really break the camel's back?
So, feel free to tell us all about these "freedoms" we presently have, that ebooks will cause us to lose.
I realize that anonymity is useful to protect those rightly in fear of persecution. However, most of those interested in buying and selling ebooks are
not in that situation. In fact, most of those on threads like this are more worried about telemarketers than threats to their freedoms.
And as you are clearly don't understand how an author could have "financial interests"--but seem sure about your own "perception" of privacy--I'll be glad to hear your description of a system that will encourage writers to write anything at all for people like you.