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Originally Posted by Giggleton
But what if it was easier? Copyright is a means of protecting authors against those who would steal their work and resell it for cheaper than what the author is selling it for. If everything was available for free nothing would be capable of being stolen, everything that was bought would be paid for. Perhaps it is too much of a shift in thinking so I will just continue to read whatever I wish to and compensate occasionally.
On a side note I do plan on extending this thinking to all areas of life...
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If everything is available for free, then everything is stolen. We've been over this. Copyright came about because the printing press made copying easier. Computers making copying easier doesn't make copyright less important. Live your values and only read the books that the author offers for free.
I'm not trying to persuade you not to copy books, that is pointless, you're going to copy them anyway. I'm not even trying to persuade you that you have no justification for your position. It is, of course, quite easy to make mincemeat of your position. But I can't make you think.
However, you are quite effectively undermining your own position with each post you make. You couldn't be a better spokesman for the pro-copyright position if you tried.