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Originally Posted by kennyc
I never said anything about laws. What about abstinence? What about people doing what is right? You can't blame criminal activity on the publishers or the pricing, that's just an excuse to support the criminal act.
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I'm not blaming a criminal act on the publisher - it's not a criminal act!
I absolutely agree that people should do what is right - but I don't necessarily agree with you about what right is. Personally, I think its very wrong to go into a shop and steal something. I don't think it's very wrong, however, to make a copy of some music - especially if it's to see whether you like it. If I heard that the police were putting on extra patrols due to an increase in shoplifting in an area, I'd think it was fair enough. If I heard that they were raiding student's rooms looking for illegal copies of music (or ebooks!), I'd think that pretty sinister. Of course, they wouldn't do the latter because it's not criminal!
What I'm blaming the publishers for is for being greedy and stupid. If they produced high quality, convenient, fairly priced goods, people would buy them and everyone would be happy. But on the whole they are producing variable quality, awkward/klunky to obtain and use, over-priced ebooks, and they will fail as a result if they don't change.