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Originally Posted by pdurrant
It's interesting how people can interpret the same words differently.
To me it was a clear statement that Mobileread encourage people to read free out-of-copyright ebooks, and to buyand read in-copyright ebooks, but not to downloaded and read in-copyright ebooks without paying for them (except with the copyright holder's permission).
I'd say your MobiPerl was part of the ebook community, since you provide it, and the considerable amount of time you spend on it for free.
I'd say the eBook industry was made up of the companies that edit, publish, distribute and sell eBooks, in the process paying the authors.
I like having authors write stories for me to read. But I like having someone winnow the wheat from the chaff for me. So I support the ebook industry and ebook authors, by buying the in-copyright ebooks I read.
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If you say you support the eBook industry you have made a choice of business model. If the best business model for eBooks is to pay authors directly then it seems strange to me not to support that. And if perfectly legal programs come into conflicts with companies interests in maintaining there market I am surprised that MobilRead would support the company.
To me it is obvious the MobileRead is about promoting mobile reading. And it is then an empirical questions how to do that best. Saying that a primary goal is supporting the eBook industry seems to me wrong but it would explain why some people here seems to support companies in issues even if evidence does not point in the direction of support for companies.