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Originally Posted by HansTWN
So using a "false" ebook -- a copy not created by somebody legally authorized is also fraud? I was just using the above example as a case from the physical world where the event organizers' damage is exactly the same as when an ebook is copied (except for fair use). Because some always make the argument "the copy rights' holders still have their copy, so I didn't do anything wrong". If you believe that, you must also believe that you haven't harmed anyone by going to the concert for free.
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The argument that is being made is not "the copy rights' holders still have their copy, so I didn't do anything wrong". It is "the copy rights' holders still have their copy, so making a copy isn't theft."
But you raise an interesting analogy, "book" as "performance." It shifts the attention from the object to the author. If you consider the author as a performer rather than a creator, the "book" becomes a "ticket."
But the argument breaks down when you consider that in the performance world, the customer has to buy a new ticket for each performance. The interesting thing, though, is that in terms of a subscription service for ebooks, that is what would occur. So if publishers moved to a subscription model for their ebooks, what you suggest would certainly have some logical force.