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Originally Posted by tompe
That does not follow at all. There are alternative business models. Please think better on the implications of statements!
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There are plenty of other business models. But that's not at all the same thing as "I support piracy in general." The statement I quoted says flat out that the writer
supports taking copies of copyrighted works with no compensation to the copyright holder whether the copyright holder approves or not. Most of those "other business models" require some entity other than the poster to change something. That may well be good business (in the sense that the copyright holder makes more money), but it's not something any of the rest of us have a "right" to force on them.
Similarly, the ethical way to support alternate business models is to purchase from those who engage in them, and to refuse to do business with those who do not -- while being very vocal about it. In the case of eBooks, that latter means telling each publisher "You just lost another sale to me because..." -- over and over and
over again, if necessary -- but it does
not mean making unauthorized copies of someone's work!
You want to boycott those publishers who are clueless? Great! I'm with you! But when you want to have it both ways by also consuming the work of authors without compensation, you've crossed an ethical line that really matters!
Xenophon
P.S. No one has yet proposed an alternate business model for compensating authors that appears superior to copyright! But please note: the ever-extending copyright term mess we have today is also wrong; I support returning copyright duration to a much shorter and more justifiable term.