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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Let me again give you my example from the physical world that corresponds very well to ebooks. Someone has created a perfect rose after years of breeding. He has lined up tons of orders. Now someone takes a seed and breeds the roses by the thousands then gives them away. Yes, the original rose is still there. But you have stolen money, value from the breeder.
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So you think this should be illegal (I don't think it would be, under current laws, as long as you didn't trespass or something to obtain the seeds)? And the world shouldn't get filled with this "perfect rose" for everyone to enjoy to allow the person who developed it to make a profit through artificial scarcity?
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Originally Posted by Barcey
The answer as with most things is sex. People are motivated by sex. You have to make it sexy to buy ebooks.
People buy tickets to movies and theatre because they hope to get laid. Guys buy ridiculously expensive cars because they think it will help them get laid. Women buy expensive cloths so that guys will buy them expensive dinners, hoping to get laid. Guys buy bling because they want to get laid. Women buy lots of expensive shoes because... OK I don't understand why women buy so many damned shoes.
My point is that publishers and authors are going about it all the wrong way. All this rhetoric about stealing and piracy is just making them wear it like a badge of honor. It's giving them that bad boy image, they think they're Johnny Dieppe or Angelina Jolie. You've got to make them feel like they're cheap freeloaders that will never get laid. People that buy ebooks have to be viewed as attractive. You want them strutting around like peacocks except the feathers are receipts for the ebooks they purchased. Father's should be telling their daughters to check out the guys fancy new Kindle summary page to see how many ebooks they actually bought. B&N can hand out a little Facebook bling everytime you purchase an ebook.
Get young sexy models doing commercials. “Oh yeh that guy can do your laundry on his abs but I bought 20 ebooks last month”
I now return you to your regularly scheduled serious posts. Wew it was getting hot in here.
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So... kulturkampf (culture war)? I like the sound of that, I'll get started on the opposition right away!
Also, I'd like to take a moment to thank everyone who has posted on this topic. It has been hilarious.