Interesting question and I do not think that that you be able to understanding the answer that you will get. A bit too much black and white.
I have bought Ebooks, many audible.
Others that I have acquire through P2P, and by the way does not means it is illegal because it is P2P.
Some of those, I already have the print version. And some ??? whitout incriminating myself.
So before you say : YEAH YEAH
We just finish the inventory of the books in my house, we have over 2500 books, without counting magazines. I have not done the music and movies yet.
I will take for example, a certain famous wizard from England, I have a hardbook. Yes I have also took these from P2P. Why, because I like to read in many places, and I prefer to read it on the go. Evryone else in my family, read the paper version and think I am crazy. :-) And may be they are right.
The point is that the paper is not important, the story is. That is what I paid for.
Nevertheless, the writers, still do not all make a decent living, with a few exception like the lady of the wizard.
A long time ago (about 30years ), I had to made a decision to buy story, not paper.
To buy music, not plastic.
So once it is bought, the way I transfer to my brain should not be the concern of the publisher, neither the government.
The concern of the publisher and the govenment should to find way to make this happen in a way to paid a fair share to the artist and personnaly i do not consider 10% to be a fair share in the electronic world.
Another concern should also be the concern of the client. As one of the client, I am saying to you : How are you going to make this happen.
DRM is not a solution, it is the beginning of the end for the flow of information, which is the cornerstone of knowledge, invention etc..
Just think a little while, if DRM is the solution, than I want everything I said, you said on this forum, or anywhere for that matter to be encrypted in such that it can not be use by anyone unless we are paid. I am sure that you are just like me, you all need the money.
And also everything that has been acquire illegally should be punishable, not in the last ten years, but the last 500 years. Most of the idea are not new, most were stolen, copy, taken from others. That is the way we better ourselves, by sharing information.
You want to fight stupid law, use the same right for yourself in all situation. That will help to bring the world to a slower pace, because right now these law only want something for the rich.
Now, that is one of the reason I beleive we must find another way together.
The end of my raving :-)
And no, I did not answer the poll, for the answer demanded is a bit too much white and black for my taste. The stake for us and the next generation are too high to answer in this way.
You think otherwise, I will still continue to think the same.
Stop and calculate how much I have spent in books before answering. And I still continue buying. Now that I have upgraded from my Ebookman to the Ereader, I will probably buy less paper one, but no DRM ( that is for the publisher) and how i transfer it to my brain, (PDF, TXT, EPUB, RTF or any other that will be invented in the future) that is none of you business. I own it once I buy.
