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Originally Posted by tompe
But that is only a correlation. The important factor is when you read a book that you have downloaded illegally instead of reading a bought copy. So morally it is very hard to motivate that the actual downloading is a problem by trying to refer to lost income.
And if you try to oversimplify the arguments people will find them strange and not respect them.
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I don't see how tying it to reading as a more accurate measure negates the idea it's lost income. It's a valid argument against many of the industry folks who try to tie EVERY download to lost income but it still boils down to some lost income. It's just less than one side likes to pretend it is.
Personally, I think there should be a little nag-ware element to ebooks, as often talked about here. A little reminder in there that if you read it and liked it that you should kick down. If you like the author, don't stiff them. It would be great if there was an anonymous way to do micropayments. If it were just something like a PayPal link, no one would do it because they'd be afraid of getting hauled into court but if they could safely pay, I think many people would.