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Originally Posted by sirbruce
The fact you don't think it's a good business decision is *irrelevant*. The standard is if one can reasonably expect such a decision so that financial impact is indeed possible. The fact that we can reasonably expect investors to act in ways which we may not find logical doesn't change that. Investors all the time avoid markets that are already exploited in preference for lower-hanging fruit.
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I see. Your assessment of PernMUSH is relevant while mine of Dune in SL is not. You may have noticed we're in a forum here, discussing our views. Some investors and copyright holders have acted in accordance with your viewpoint, others in accordance with mine. I was under the impression we were expanding on the rational basis of each viewpoint and debating the relative merits.
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Originally Posted by sirbruce
Invalid comparison. We're not talking about pirated ebooks vs. regular ebooks, we're talking about voluntarily allowing free, freely redistributable ebooks vs. later selling the same content. Yes, you CAN still try to sell the latter for money, and sometimes even succeed, but the value is still diminished.
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And your initial comparison was irrelevant, in that copying a novel directly from paper to pixels is not a derivative work, but a copy, presumably identical to what the copyright holder could produce. Tribute works in no way preclude or devalue the copyright holder's efforts in the same domain, and indeed can serve as stepping stones into new ventures for copyright holders who forge working relationships with them or acquire them outright.