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Originally Posted by Giggleton
Everything has value. I only think that we should have universal access to all texts, meaning we must be able to read the text before deciding to compensate the creator.
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Why should books be any different from other goods. Can you buy a steak in Safeway and eat it before deciding whether you should pay? If you go to a play or a movie, do they let you decide after viewing whether you will pay and how much?
Some ebook retailers will let you return an ebook, and also many offer previews. Add the many independent reviews available and it is easier to know whether a book is worth reading than most other merchandise.
Of course a lazy or greedy person might prefer to just take the book instead and pretend to themselves that they might pay some day if the book changes their lives. Not much chance of that I am afraid.
You have decided that all books (texts) should be free and I must ask who died and put you in charge?
Helen