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Originally Posted by HarryT
Totally agree. It is pure sophistry to try to pretend that taking away an author's income is anything other than theft, regardless of what the law might choose to call it.
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I doubt that there is [I]anyone[I] on this board who doesn't agree that the writer is entitled to get paid for his or her book. Most of us will pay,
if we are allowed to.
Under the current setup, the publishers and sellers are unwilling to participate in the marketplace for books in a fashion that will give us all access to books that we can pay for.
I have a 505 and a Macintosh. I can't buy books from Amazon, because they have a closed system with the Kindle. I can't buy books from Sony, because there is no way to access the Sony store without running a Windows program. When I go to buy books from some other source, I frequently find that DRM and format combine to prevent me from buying a book I am willing to pay for.
Explain this to me: if no one will sell me a book, why should I care about their right to be paid?