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Originally Posted by HansTWN
It is very easy to claim a "vast swathe of the population's opinion" to be on your side. They are not.
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Any sort of factual support for this claim?
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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Sure, if you pose the question as "do you want free stuff and stick it to those greedy corporations" most will say yes, without thinking. But if you turn it around and ask "do you think authors and all those involved in the book publishing and book selling industries should work for free" then the answer would turn out to be very different.
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I expect that if people in general had more knowledge of the world around them, vast majority of population would see no difference between them and fanfic authors - and those create for free. If they only know about bookstores, and paper books, and authors creating for money, they're not really well informed. Answers based on people's ignorance aren't very convincing, even if made by lots of people.
I don't see why you consider book publishing and book selling industries neccessary - if their business model becomes obsolete, and stops bringing money, people will migrate to jobs that pay and as a society we'll be overall more efficient.