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Originally Posted by Steven Lyle Jordan
No, I wouldn't suggest that. But just as publishers need to reach out to find a happy medium for both sides, it does no good for consumers to repeatedly slap that hand back. This is an effort that both sides must make, and I'm seeing very little willingness to do that in this thread.
Put it this way: If you were a major publisher, and you read through this thread... would you be willing to take any steps at all to appease this group?
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Would or should? Would - probably not. Should? Absolutely. If you don't pay attention to the low end of any market, somebody else will. Ask Procter and Gamble (or Unilever) why they support the informal market in the developing world. Because if they don't somebody else will take it over, build their own brands and become ferocious competitions over time. Capitalism isn't genteel...
But to a culture of being secure behind artificial legal protections for centuries, such a worldview is not assimable...