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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
There is no such law, and it's not apt.
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I believe you about the law - the "apt" part is your opinion.
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
How is this "immoral?" Do citizens have a moral right to free short-term access to Stieg Larsen's works? Is the price of a good is set in stone from the first instant it's offered? Would a 50% increase be acceptable? 100%? 200%? On what basis do we determine the magic number by which a price increase is allowed?
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I'm not going to play "guess the price amount" game with you. But (since you bring up schools) who pays for education?
Everyone who pays taxes educates our population...or at least
tries to have them educated considering the quality of certain school systems
(so I'm not even going to touch your comments about schools - since the "drivers of literacy" being a school 100% depends on the quality of the schools children have access to. And around here...most of the kids don't get their education in school...see Atlanta for example). So how is it that the authors and publishers take part in the benefits of our society and then are not required to give back? That's a very selfish point of view. Yes, citizens who helped to educate and support authors and the people who publish them deserve something back for their support. I think
paid for copies of books are the least that can be done.
And there are no "free access" to any of these works. These books are paid for. Paid for. Not free. Each and every one is paid for with my dime and your dime AND they are MORE EXPENSIVE than what is available commercially.