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notimp · 11-08-2015, 03:15 PM

Or maybe I should put it into a fable...

First they took the meaning of "hacker" from us, and changed it a little - I mean, look at the security threat -
- then they took the meaning of "pirate" from whoever identified themselves that way, and made it their own,
- then they took the "book" and turned it into the best commercial good there ever was ("costfree" in production, distribution and storage, small in size and therefore delivered within seconds, ecosystem payed for by the user, and protected in all aspects) and sold us usage licenses on it
- then they made all aspects of it (production, distribution and format) a monopoly with kfx
- buying the rights to create an ebook out of publishers hands
- then they added a few saveguards within the processes so they cant be reversed easily
- somehow all without attracting media attention or a public discussion
- then they told us, we would get new features only in exchange for further regressions on our rights
- and started to bring also public domain books under their rule system
- while at the same time owning up to 90% of the commercial market

But in the end it is all for the greater good of the author, who will get paid the promise of an increased bottom line, because piracy is still allowed to exist and the user, because they did it to provide higher resolution pictures on the iPaid. Mainly. Certainly.

So they destroyed what Gutenberg invented (democratization of the production of books), and all was good - because almost no one proclaimed to notice, so sad - the story just couldnt be told in 150 characters or less.

The end.

(But we got Spotify, Instagram and Uber to show for it - yes, we truly are the smart generation. One click! Patented.

It's almost over now.)

11-08-2015, 03:15 PM	#79
notimp Addict Posts: 248 Karma: 892441 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: K2i	Or maybe I should put it into a fable... First they took the meaning of "hacker" from us, and changed it a little - I mean, look at the security threat - - then they took the meaning of "pirate" from whoever identified themselves that way, and made it their own, - then they took the "book" and turned it into the best commercial good there ever was ("costfree" in production, distribution and storage, small in size and therefore delivered within seconds, ecosystem payed for by the user, and protected in all aspects) and sold us usage licenses on it - then they made all aspects of it (production, distribution and format) a monopoly with kfx - buying the rights to create an ebook out of publishers hands - then they added a few saveguards within the processes so they cant be reversed easily - somehow all without attracting media attention or a public discussion - then they told us, we would get new features only in exchange for further regressions on our rights - and started to bring also public domain books under their rule system - while at the same time owning up to 90% of the commercial market But in the end it is all for the greater good of the author, who will get paid the promise of an increased bottom line, because piracy is still allowed to exist and the user, because they did it to provide higher resolution pictures on the iPaid. Mainly. Certainly. So they destroyed what Gutenberg invented (democratization of the production of books), and all was good - because almost no one proclaimed to notice, so sad - the story just couldnt be told in 150 characters or less. The end. (But we got Spotify, Instagram and Uber to show for it - yes, we truly are the smart generation. One click! Patented. It's almost over now.) Last edited by notimp; 11-08-2015 at 03:42 PM.