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“I thought, who do these people think they are?” Ms. Le Guin said. “Why do they think they can violate my copyright and get away with it?”
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When I read this, I was unable to resist the urge of yelling "because
we can, b****!" at my monitor in a loud voice.
We have reached the technological point where, unless huge changes to infrastructure and political climate occur, trying to make widespread piracy impossible is simply an impractical idea. Companies can try to scare people with lawsuits, but they can't sue them all. With the technology being available, it is only of time before widespread public, which has started happening already. The best that companies can offer are services like iTunes which sell cheap, DRM-free books in order to attract people into their arms, instead of trying to steer them away from piracy. In either case, the people win; free copies of pretty much all books in existence or a cheap and good service of book buying. Isn't competition wonderful?