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Old 07-24-2009, 09:17 AM   #254
Jaime_Astorga
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan View Post
One of the "laws of economics" is that a worker should be fairly compensated for their work (admittedly, a law that is not always honored as it is). How is that to be accomplished if their work is considered by consumers to be free?
Err... no. When I studied economics, I assure you "people should be compensated for their work" was not an economical principle. That is, if anything, a moral question.

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So we need to figure out a fair way to fairly compensate all authors, or face mega-bookstores with about 40 titles on their shelves.
Will thousands of years of written works suddenly banish from the shelves?

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