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Originally Posted by kennyc
Mental anguish. 
Rights have been abused.
Quite simple if you think about it. |
Again, I ask 'how?' How can the author possibly know, or track what is shared, or even begin to know what happens after his work is out there in the domain of ideas? An author can't do that with physical books that are passed along through book-sharing clubs or from friend to family to friend. A great swathe of the books I had on my shelves were never paid for, or were bought second hand, the author saw nothing from those sales or the books I was given, and would never have been aware of the fact I wasn't paying him.
EDIT: and in any case, all my arguments for freedom and independence for authors and treating an audience as an equal, and adult partner in the creative relationship will probably die tomorrow with Apple's announcement. Those who wanted the book world controlled, and every file being a purchase and all that rot to protect 'the author' will, in all likelihood, have their way come tomorrow.