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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
Why concede that, Hitch?
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You are indeed correct, Steve--I was simply conceding that there is "value" to (most) print copies that is
in addition to the value of the license (for reading the book) that constitutes the "ownership" of the eBook. I was not really making a distinction between shoplifting and piracy; in fact, I was trying to make the point that
all in, they are not so different by trying to be accurate, and yet, address the damages done to the publishers in the case of the latter. That's all.
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Stealing a physical book often helps the commercial book industry, taken as a whole, by saving it the cost of pulping. Plus, I'm sure that some people shoplift paper books, and subsequently give them five star Amazon reviews that help sales. I'm not saying this to justify shoplifting, but to point out that the same kind of excuses you sometimes hear for piracy also apply to stealing physical books.
I don't want people to go to jail, or face a life-altering fine, for the first offense, or probably even the second offense, of appropriating a book without paying. But I fail to see why there's some moral difference between shoplifting and piracy.
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I don't really think that there is, but...I don't think my take on these things is a secret. :-)
Hitch