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Originally Posted by elcreative
Oh yes, translators do get compensated... they get paid to do a job like anyone else and that's it...
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I'm afraid it's
slightly more complicated than that.
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Originally Posted by taustin
Mail order is a different animal entirely, and far more complicated.
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So how does that support your initial argument? It
can be done with physical goods, it routinely
is done, it should be comparatively straight forward with digital goods.
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... for which there is a couple of centuries of case law regarding the first sale doctrine.
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We actually have it on the books, but yes, the principle is the same. Could that be done with ebooks? Absolutely. Will it be done? Not in the near future, I'm afraid. Publishers are far too busy trying to segment the global market to their advantage.
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Hence, the current trent towards thinking of ebook purchases is licenses rather than purchases ...
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We'll see about that; it will probably depend upon your jurisdiction. If ebooks are classified as software this opens a whole 'nother can of worms (over here, at least), and publishers are trying hard to prevent that from happening.
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Publishers are trying to preserve the best of the old business model, while screwing everybody out of everything from the new technology.
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So, stupidity and greed, after all?