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Old 01-26-2020, 07:11 AM   #122
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we are drifting off topic, so all I will say on respect for copyright is don't confuse supply and demand. the demand for pirated media in english is in the west. It's not fixable by making it harder to set up servers- that's like thinking building a bigger wall will stop americans from wanting to consume cocaine.
the fix is to make legal stuff more accessible and fairly priced as has already happened with music. Folks don't pirate CDs any more , now that they can have unlimited legit streaming for $10 per month. and why go to the hassle of downloading a pirate show if its on netflix. ( and you have your neighbour's password )
e-books are out there on download sites, millions of them, and even if DRM was super-hardened, new copies of new books would leak via review copies, ARC....
a bigger, better library lending system , with some recompense for authors built in, would help - which brings us back to what are KKR's plans for Overdrive.
I'd sign up tomorrow for a netflix for books type deal
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