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Originally Posted by HansTWN
Obviously the world wouldn't end. But there would just be one more gross injustice in the world. We would inflict this injustice on those who contribute to our enjoyment. And quite frankly, in this situation I care more about the authors and others who work for us then those in society who are just looking for a free ride.
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Well, all right. Let's assume the piracy is nonexistent for a moment. You still have competition between people who demand money for their effort, people who create and share the result for free, and public domain books. Would you call this competition an injustice for the ones who want to be paid?
With time, there'll be more and more free creations available, and more and more public domain books. So, piracy or not, sooner or later, there will come a time where overwhelming majority of good books are free. So why would anyone buy new ones then? To keep money-for-creation model feasible, we would have to replace copyright with totalitarian regime that controls all people's actions in the interest of selected few. How does that make sense?