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Something occurred to me so I thought I'd ask for clarification.....
Most of the arguments used by "file-sharers"(as opposed to copiers or pirates I suppose) to argue that "file-sharing" is not wrong, seem to stem from one or more of the following.....
1: The old method is outdated. Big corporations are trying to protect their profits at the expense of authors, the consumers etc. This is bad.
2: The price is too high. Ebooks really should be alot cheaper to produce and market than pbooks. Therefore, charging the same or more for an ebook just isn't right.
3: DRM is like a license and not like owning the book. If one is to purchase the book, one should own the book and not a license.
4: They use "file-sharing" as a way to sample a product and have every intention of purchasing a legitimate copy if they like it.(seems to contradict point number 2 but whatever)
So, what I wanted clarified was..........
Let us, for the sake of argument, assume there is book out there that is self published, thereby assuring all profits go to the author, it is DRM free, it is reasonably priced and easily obtainable legally and one can sample the first 5 chapters free of charge to see if they like it or not.
In this case, would "file-sharing" the full text of the ebook through a mechanism such as p2p to unknown persons be considered wrong? Would obtaining a copy of said book through such a mechanism as p2p be wrong?
Cheers,
PKFFW
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