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Originally Posted by Randolphlalonde
You don't seem to understand that you're talking about taking away a livelihood.
That point aside, I don't enjoy parasites. Not the physical kind, intellectual kind, or digital kind, especially when you make your argument anonymously. I'm plainly stating my opinion using my very public name, while you declare some kind of misguided self entitlement from behind a nickname and a profile pic of someone else.
If you're not willing to pay fairly for my work, then move on. I invite you to ignore me, as I do with any other potential thief.
I hope your barrier to understanding falls away before you find yourself being sued or behind bars.
Good luck.
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Personal attacks already?
I'll be generous and assume that you didn't understand what Moejoe's point was: regardless of the moralities associated with it, thinking that the business model that was the rule in the physical world can, in the long run, carry over to the digital world is at best misguided.
Let's see how to sum it up: It can't and it won't! Period.
The reason is that the former is a world where "scarcity" has a meaning, whereas it has none in the later, no matter how much some people will scream it has. Since the former model is based on scarcity, it doesn't carry over.
I expect the argument that if you can't earn money writing, you'll stop doing it, and so there won't be any more books from you. That's true, but "no more books from one author" doesn't equate with "no more books". Far from it, especially since I expect at least some authors will figure out what must be done to make a living writing. and new authors are born everyday.
So in the overall scheme of things, there is no scarcity on books, nor is there any, of course, in their copying over the internet.
Out of the top of my head, I'd say that an independant author, like you seem to be, should build a name for themselves and see and rely on a subscription based model. Of course, in no way does it mean that's the only possibility. It probably isn't and I'm very confident some clever people will eventually devise a better one. But one thing is for sure, it won't be based on scarcity.
Aren't you glad to live in interesting times?