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Originally Posted by b_k
To cash the fees and then saying "home use copy is illegal" is inconsequent in my eyes. Either I pay the fee and copy or I am forbidden to copy and don't have to pay a fee on nearly every sort of electronic/digital memory media. Not the other way around. And so i handle that for my own.
And you already mentioned another advantage of "pirated" copies. They are DRM-free and therefore compatible with a wide range of devices/reader software. I don't want the publisher have to decide what device i have to buy to view the books I paid already for.
For DRM, someone will always find a bug or another way around it, it's simply senseless to use it.
Just my 2 Cents.
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You are 100% right!
The pirate sites will explode in the next few years and downloads with also explode. People resent being screwed and will take whatever steps they need to take to avoid it.
The publishers are willfully ignoring:
- The vast majority of people want to pay for a legal copy
- All they want is fair value
- The great majority of illegal copies of music tracks are never really used, they are accumulated for the buzz.
- Illegal downloaders are also the biggest spenders on legit music
I believe the Publishers are not only choosing to willfully ignore the music history of the last 10 years. I believe they are also planning an effort to milk buyers for second hand sales, or wipe out lending TOTALLY as a practice, thereby thinking they will bring in a huge increase in sales. It is so so naive as it will just result in the same old same old.. more and more illegal copies.