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Originally Posted by Jaime_Astorga
[SNIP] I am glad this is the case; I support piracy in general, but I specially support piracy against the price gouging college textbook companies who take advantage of the inelastic demand for their products by overcharging and releasing new editions every few years.
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I agree that some of the textbook companies are engaged in sleazy practices. But when you talk about "piracy in general," do you really mean that you believe that authors should not be paid for their work?
That the only authors we should have are those who are financially independent and so can afford to write for love?
So... Larry Niven would be the only full-time SF-writer in the world! All the rest would be part-time (and that part would be
much smaller than it is now). And similar changes in other genres as well? Really???
Please think a bit about the implications of your statement.
Xenophon