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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
We still have the issue of the thread, though, which hasn't been answered to anyone's satisfaction: Authors have a concern about their copyrights and protection of same (justified or not, but there nonetheless). Can e-publishing do anything to alleviate that concern, and thereby open and improve the e-publishing market, which is the point of the thing after all?
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The optimax prediction is that nothing will change. Why? Because the controlling players (publishers and authors) are more concerned about losses than gains. The analog hole will
not be blocked, and the darknet (whether internet, private network or sneakernet) will continue. It's the same pattern as digital music, and I estimate it'll take 7-10 years before the controlling players will flip-flop to being more concerned about gains than losses. And there are too many existing vested economic interests to prevent the Draconian controls you have suggested from being implemented.
Shrug. Steve, I have always tried my best not to get personal, but I have to ask you the following question.
Consider the amount of time you have vested in these discussions. Would you have been better off economically spending that time (as a publisher) marketing your products? Is it better to be obscure and pure, or known and robbed?