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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
I still have problems seeing ebooks as tangible goods. With libraries, information itself was essentially free for the taking, and when I bought a book, I was paying for the book itself, not the information inside it. With digital books, I'm not getting anything physical, and I'm still paying tangible book prices for it. What a joke. A lot of companies seem to be afraid of this thinking too.
What to do? I'm no expert, so don't look at me. Paying book prices for licenses to view books though without any physical copy...a pretty rubbish concept.
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I agree, ebook copies of books should be MUCH cheaper (only enough over the standard author royalty to cover editorial and server/distribution costs plus a small profit). BUT, you comment:
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Originally Posted by LDBoblo
when I bought a book, I was paying for the book itself, not the information inside it.
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shows a big loop-hole (I want to say bullshit, but I'm trying to be polite) in your logic. People who want (recent) books for free have obviously never put three months to a year of their life into creating something. Then they would perhaps feel differently about "free culture." Our "common culture" doesn't just "spring into being" by itself. It's created by hard-working people, people who work just as much and just as hard as brick-layers and hardware engineers and any other occupations that you feel are worthy enough to get paid for their services. Yes, current copyright laws are ridiculous and current prices for ebooks are WAY too high, but that doesn't mean that authors shouldn't be paid by the people enjoying the fruits of their labors.