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Originally Posted by Giggleton
If you think that the purpose of the internet is to sell books then perhaps you are right, if you think that the purpose of the internet is to advance our understanding of the human condition then perhaps you are wrong.
Who are you protecting your books from? People who want to read what you write?
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First, I don't write books. I do, however, believe in protecting the rights of those who provide me with reading pleasure over the perceived rights of those who just want a free ride.
The current system works quite well, those who want to save money or cannot afford to buy the books still have legal options like the library, or borrowing a pbook from a friend. I don't see how your "understanding the human condition" is negatively affected when you have to help the author put a little food on the table rather? Unless everything else is free, too, products in digital form cannot be free (except when the creator explicitly allows free copying).
And seriously, most books will offer little help in understanding the human condition -- they are just entertainment. And most of those that actually do are in PD already.