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Originally Posted by maxiart
Do you really argue that it is immoral to even give them away? What would you have people do? Burn them?
Really, she decided on that price herself. It was her conscious decision. Think of it like one of those sales shops do, in which products are sold at significantly cheaper prices. Just because the sale ends doesn't means that you suddenly have to pay the remainder from the full price. No, the product is yours already, and you can very well sell it, unless specifically forbidden.
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The point is of course that if it is wrong to give a copy of an ebook to a friend because it will reduce the autors income then it must be wrong to give away the book you bought and if you sell it with profit then it is extra wrong. And if you say it is acceptable would it still be acceptable if you bought 1 million copies that you leter sell for $2 per copy?
To me it seems that it is easy to show that reduced income for author cannot be a reason not to do anything.