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Originally Posted by nekokami
 Not a mortal enemy, but I do disagree with you. My favorite authors need to eat, and one of them just lost his house to bankruptcy. It might be the case that in the future nobody can make a living from creating static, easily shared content like books, but I'd be very sorry to see that happen. |
Ah, but this is where we get to the point: The reason I think the two things are essentially the same is that I
don't think it hurts the bottom line of the author.
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Originally Posted by pilotbob
Well, are you deleting all your copies of the file with no way to recover it after giving it to someone else? If so, then that would be the same as giving someone a pbook.
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Of course not. That would mean I accept the argument that for authors to earn a livelihood, you need to artificially recreate scarcity in a medium where the very idea is meaningless. I find the concept plain silly!
And doomed to failure.