Can't believe I'm bothering but I've got a few spare moments before the father in law arrives to help destroy our hedge so once again into the breach dear friends....
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
But what if it was easier?
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Any time you want to give any example of a system that would make it easier feel free.
All you have come up with so far is that authors should still be paid, just by someone else rather than you and by some sort of group think via the internet. Now if everything is free I really don't see how that would result in an easier way for authors to earn a living from their writing.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Copyright is a means of protecting authors against those who would steal their work
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As has been mentioned earlier, this is where you should have stopped as this is accurate. The rest of your drivel about selling it for cheaper was a clever attempt at misdirection which is incorrect.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
If everything was available for free nothing would be capable of being stolen, everything that was bought would be paid for.
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There is a glaringly obvious logical inconsistency in there but as you have professed your disdain for logic I'm sure you probably don't see it.
You have admitted time and again you rarely pay for anything you read. So what makes you think that others would do so if everything was available for free? How do you think making everything free would result in an easier time for authors to attempt to make a living from their efforts?
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Perhaps it is too much of a shift in thinking so I will just continue to read whatever I wish to and compensate occasionally.
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It wouldn't make any difference how much or little a shift in thinking was required, you will continue to read anything you want for free.
Why don't you save yourself the effort and just admit that you don't want to pay for anything and all the rest of it is your inane attempt to make it seem ok. You remind me of the weak faith religious types who feel the need to convince everyone their religion is true in the ridiculous belief that if they can just convince enough other people then they might start to believe their own BS themselves.
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Originally Posted by Giggleton
On a side note I do plan on extending this thinking to all areas of life...
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Good luck with that. Please let us know when you decide it is ok for anyone to come and take your possessions and let us know your address.