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Originally Posted by scveteran
The thing is that some of the people want it free no matter what.
While others have the opinion that corporations are evil and you should do anything possible to hurt them finacially. I believe that one person in this discussion feels this way very strongly due to his support for anarchist groups.
So giving away some stuff you write that others wouldn't pay for is not in the same league as taking without paying the latest blockbusters.
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Nothing further from my intention to wish ill to anybody. I've never complained about the price tags that Apple, Amazon and the like put to their books. They should be free for charging whatever they please for them.
I've just pointed out that, facing the decision of downloading for 12-15 dollars and downloading for free, I feel it is my moral responsibility as a consumer to download for free as long and as much as I can, for we ought to enjoy as much of life as possible at the minimum cost. I find it no more than a dialectical process. Maybe with ebooks at 2 dollars, with the author making 90% of the money and in well-edited books, I'd feel inclined to buy. And not necessarily. The sacred power of consumers is choice, and I want to have the widest array possible.
About the last sentence: right now I'm reading
Plato not Prozac, by Lou Marinoff, downloaded from the internet in a quite crappy edition. It's a book that can hardly be considered a latest blockbuster (of which I never download anything since I don't care about them), but I'd like to inquire when it will come to public domain. I give you a clue: its copyright has a good chance of outliving me.