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Originally Posted by tirsales
There is a problem with the darknet. But it is a problem the publishers made themselves - by not giving real alternatives. And it is not a big a problem as the industrie would want us to believe.
I know some people who are downloading. Nearly none of the content would have been bought. And a fair amount gets bought because of downloads. In earlier times people recorded the radio or exchanged tapes - not that big of a difference for the media industrie.
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This is just justifying stealing: "They are a bad store, so I steal from them" is not the right attitude.
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Originally Posted by tirsales
I really do believe that a fair system, no-drm, fair prices, etc - much like Steve Jordans attempt so far I know it - would be a real alternative. A successfull alternative. An alternative that COULD "battle" the darknet much more successful then any law could do. THAT would be the alternative.
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Okay... but where this seems to work for me, it apparently doesn't work for all publishers and authors... so it will not be enough of a solution in itself. It needs help.