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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
On the contrary, that is the core of your argument.
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It is nice of you to tell me what my argument is.
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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
That works for fungible goods, where all goods are the same. Gas prices are one such example. There have been cases where one chain would lower their price to the point where competitors couldn't stay in business. Then when the competitors closed their doors, the chain would raise their prices.
E-books aren't fungible. Lowering your price can't drive competitors out of business because books aren't interchangeable. The market will bear the price of good books, this is indisputably clear, because people do pay for good books.
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You should inform the adult entertainment industry of your opinion. They have suffered huge losses from freely available content. I posted a link to a USA Today article about the topic a few pages back.
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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
And no, it is not a form of price subsidy, someone not charging for a piece of fan fiction isn't a price subsidy.
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Of course it is a form of subsidy. It took time and skill to write the fanfic. That time and skill is worth money, as is anyone's time. By distributing the work for free they are effectively subsidising the activity of writing.