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Old 07-18-2009, 01:01 AM   #108
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
The relationship also exists because publishers feel they are being labeled as EVIL, money-grubbing monsters who care not one whit about the customers they hope to sell to. They are constantly accused of being greedy idiots, consumers voice their desire for them to just collapse, and for their employees to find new jobs. Consumers see publishers' resistance to give up on DRM as a sure sign that the pubs are all thieves.

So, as you said, it works both ways.
We see high prices as the evilness of publishers. I've seen many eBooks going for more then the cost of buying the paper copy. Now if that is not wrong, what is? That is what causes us to want the people in charge to get stuffed. Same goes for those who think it is a good idea to give PDF as a free giveaway. They can go get stuffed too. These are they people we want to end up cleaning toilets for a living.
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