Here's a pretty good assessment of exactly *why* the Conspiracy was stupid and counterproductive and why the apologists need to get over it:
http://eoinpurcellsblog.com/
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So the legacy system made a calculation that Agency could be gotten away with, and they were wrong. It might have boosted their revenues, given them a huge sense of control and power (attractive in a publishing world that has been so buffeted by change recently) but now, as the tide of blood rushes back out of the head and calmer times (populated by longer more reflective periods of courtroom drama and negative headlines) lie ahead perhaps the big six and those who favoured Agency might reflect not on the loss of Agency and it’s ‘possible’ negative consequences for their business models but on the loss of the moral ground, the real loss of the audience’s goodwill and the battle, not to maintain not just profitability, but, more importantly, legitimacy and to rebuild their image among readers the world over.
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The first step in building a sane and legal ebook business is to stop pining for the dead past.
Time to bury the dead and move on.