Karma is on its way for these two paragraphs:
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Originally Posted by dkperez
The world is no longer in the 19th century. Ideas of morality are different. Demographics of people that read have changed. I believe the younger the group (30-40 year old's read less than us old farts, 20-30 year old's read less than them, teens read less than 20-year-old's, and pre-teens read for pleasure the least), the less likely they are to read for pleasure. Ebooks are a way to possibly bring in new readers, but these new readers are more comfortable with computers and more familiar with obtaining movies, music, and software from "non-traditional" sources. If ebooks are restricted, they'll get those from the same type of sources...
The publishers can scream all they want, but restricting access, charging obscenely high prices, and implementing draconian anti-piracy schemes didn't work for the movie industry, didn't work for the music industry, hasn't worked for the software industry, and it sure isn't going to work for the book industry.
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Absolutely, utterly, completely true. Well said!