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Originally Posted by MarjaE
The existing law doesn't simply pay authors, editors, and others involved.
It reaches back decades. It affects scanned books where the originals are out of print and better-quality e-books are nonexistent. It seems to affect potential readers and potential lenders the most when it affects the authors and editors the least or not at all.
At times, I've ended up buying hard copies, because it's cheaper than the publisher's scanned ebook copies. At times they don't have any ebook copies.
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Yes.
And?
Copyright grants the right to control distribution. That includes the right to sell and not-sell and how much, if anything, to charge.
Wanting something does not confer the right to get it.
It is neither a civil nor human right. Throwing tantrums because you can't get something is childish and something well-raised kids get over by the time they hit grade school.
Books are not essential.
Food, shelter, health care are.
If IA wants to improve the human condition they should focus on those essentials. There's no shortage of need there.