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anappo · 07-28-2009, 10:23 AM

> If an ebook came with no DRM, full ownership rights, fair use ..

You missed geo-restrictions. On-selling rights are debatable - my guess would be it's better to not have those on e-books.

> would people still consider it "wrong" to "file-share" it rather than buy it?

Yes. You said yourself - folks have no problem paying for content now. You thus accept that as per available evidence the piracy has insignificant effect on sales. Why should that change in the future? You are foreseeing some massive migration from legal content to the darknet? And the reason you suspect this will happen is that people will become more greedy? Or that they become less moral?

Or maybe it could happen because they will increasingly see the content industry as less moral? As long as the prevalent e-book business model is considered immoral, it will become increasingly difficult such businesses to claim moral high ground without people spitting in their general direction.

07-28-2009, 10:23 AM	#449
anappo Enthusiast Posts: 47 Karma: 247 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Device: Cybook Gen3	> If an ebook came with no DRM, full ownership rights, fair use .. You missed geo-restrictions. On-selling rights are debatable - my guess would be it's better to not have those on e-books. > would people still consider it "wrong" to "file-share" it rather than buy it? Yes. You said yourself - folks have no problem paying for content now. You thus accept that as per available evidence the piracy has insignificant effect on sales. Why should that change in the future? You are foreseeing some massive migration from legal content to the darknet? And the reason you suspect this will happen is that people will become more greedy? Or that they become less moral? Or maybe it could happen because they will increasingly see the content industry as less moral? As long as the prevalent e-book business model is considered immoral, it will become increasingly difficult such businesses to claim moral high ground without people spitting in their general direction.