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Originally Posted by lilac_jive
Maybe (and this is just a thought) people actually like their authors and want to see them get paid. Musicians who are popular are obscenely wealthy so no one pities them. Not a lot of authors actually make that much money. I would never pirate books for that reason.
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
that is a good point, but there are some obscenely wealthy writers as well (JK Rowling, anyone ?), and just like in writing there are plenty of struggling musicians. i imagine there is a class of very successful writers who are the equivalent of the obscenely rich rock star (not just Rowling). i agree with you that it's important to support authors by buying their works however more and more of them seem to be embracing p2p as a way of gaining readers and exposure ; a form of free, viral advertising of a sort. many of them argue that it's actually beneficial to them (including via increased sales) to have their work distributed for free in those networks because otherwise a lot of people probably would never even know who they are.
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I think it's the same with the music industry as in the book industry. People have less problems "stealing" from a superwealthy artist than an obscure artist.
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
i'm curious about just how widespread the phenomenon of "pirated" ebooks is though. outside of the obvious sources i don't know where they are hiding, but people seem to think they are everywhere... maybe i should do some research. in the name of science, obviously.  |
There are whole newsgroups dedicated to ebooks. The whole reason for me to go to those groups is to find those books that aren't available to me for download by legal channels. Or because I'm lazy and don't want to scan all my pbooks myself...