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Originally Posted by anappo
> 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.
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Gee whiz, sorry for missing one! I think the idea was clear though.
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Originally Posted by anappo
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?
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Or maybe it would change simply because peoples attitudes change. If people convince themselves it isn't wrong because digital media "should be free for everyone" then are they any more greedy?
Just to once again clarify, I see an increase in "file-sharing" for two reasons.
1: The availability and ease of use of torrent programs reducing the barrier to doing so. As more and more people learn to use these programs and the programs get better, it will become easier to torrent and therefore people are more likely to do so.
2: The attitude that everyone should have free and unlimited access to all digital media because digital media has "zero value" is gaining acceptence. If someone believes something has "zero value" they will be unwilling to pay anything for it. Not because they are greedy or immoral but simply because they think it has "zero value" and therefore they should have a right to access it for free.
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Originally Posted by anappo
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.
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Which is why I have over and over stated that I do agree the industry needs to change. However, just because the publishing industry needs to change that does not mean that consumers attitudes don't also need to change.
Anyway, I'm done with discussing this issue because it seems now that I must simply repeat myself ad nauseum as you continually seem to disregard most of what I say in order to fixate on some specific point that you disagree with.
Cheers,
PKFFW