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Originally Posted by bill the smith
10. "Warez" or "pirate sites” that make ebooks available to all – books for every person in every country for free.
Is anyone else on board?
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I guess you're not planning to be an author/editor/publisher/whatever, because you wouldn't be able to make a living by working for free.
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Originally Posted by HarryT
Absolutely right. It's like companies who illegally produce unlicenced versions of drugs. A drug might only cost pennies to manufacture, but it can cost hundreds of millions of $ to come up with in the first place. Unless the legal framework allows that money to be recouped, the result will inevitably be "no more new drugs". That is patent law, not copyright, but the principle is the same.
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Bad example. It's true they spend millions, in a drug that takes years to be ready for the public... But then they gain billions back. And don't change the prices. It's always for profit. The price is artificial, making it impossible for many people to take care of their health and well being, just because of money (or taking care and see themselves immersed in debts for life).
Fortunately, in my country, the State helps to pay the medicine (which means we are all filling the pockets of the farmaceutical with our taxes). But the State is trying to privatize everything in the health area, so I guess one day we'll end up with a system like in USA or Japan, where only who has money has quality health service.