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Originally Posted by tirsales
That is true. Nevertheless: Publishers are a much smaller group - and thus they need to do the first step. After all, they want to make money.
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They want to make money. You want a good book. You both want to not get ripped off. Consumers are the larger group, and they have the least to lose... which is why it's only magnanimous to offer a concession of trust to publishers.
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Originally Posted by Jadon
How does one choose what to read next? I think that's a factor on how this is viewed...
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Point taken. However, the need to "preview" a book can usually be satisfied with a free excerpt, as opposed to the entire book for free. If the darknet offered only excerpts of books, I'd consider it a much fairer use of it.
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Originally Posted by Ralph Sir Edward
The only real fix is to acknowledge that it's no longer a monopoly, and take "the customer is always right" to heart and give them the best experience you possibly can. What is actually happening is the attitude of "How dare they, I'll shoot the <blanking> thieves. It's my monopoly!!!", instead. And the problem gets worse....
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First, no offense taken.
And on the other hand, the customer is saying, "You publishers are money-grubbing thieves, and I demand you sell me an e-book for a penny!" Or, "I don't like the way you publishers look at me sideways like that... I'm just going to take your book and darknet it! Ha!"
My point is, there's blame, accusations and a lack of trust on both sides. Copyright concerns won't be solved while both sides do not trust each other, and refuse to cut the other side a break.