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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
The idea behind copyright is that the copyright holder is granted full control over how their works are distributed. It is conditional upon paying taxes, not on being forced to turn over one's books to libraries. The fact that a library wants a book in its collection does not give it the right to demand it and to force the vendor to provide it at a specific price-point.
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Everybody pays income taxes. Authors get tax deductions. This is just another reason why they should give something back.
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga
It is, in fact, perfectly legal and ethical for a manufacturer or publisher to charge different groups different amounts; it happens all the time. Penguin runs its own bookstore which sells directly to the public ( http://us.penguingroup.com/static/pages/shop/index.html ). They are perfectly capable, legally and morally, of charging the cover price for any book on that site, while selling to distributors and large retailers at 50% less than the cover price. They are not required, legally or morally, to cut the prices at their own bookstore when Amazon offers the book at 50% off the cover price. |
You are talking about outsourcing distribution.