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05-25-2011, 12:23 PM | #107 |
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I can place a book on hold at my library using their website and guarantee it'll be there when I get my butt off the couch.
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05-25-2011, 01:18 PM | #108 | ||
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(I'm just going to dispute a couple points here, leebase, I tend to agree with most of your other points )
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I also don't think that people steal all the time when "they think they can get away with it" because I don't agree that that's the rationale most use in cases involving ebooks. Readers, prior to the introduction of ebooks, were used to either buying their books or - and this is important - borrowing them from free from the local library or sharing books with friends. There is a long-term culture of sharing books already in existence, a culture which doesn't exist involving new cars, TV's, and all the other items trotted out when people trot out to make sarcastic comparisions. Which is why, I think, that a lot of people don't see what they do as "stealing" and are not going to see it as "stealing" no matter how much it might offend the sensibilities of others here. The problem with threads that involve this topic is that it's hard to get a real sense of who does what and why they do it. Given the unclear legal status of downloading ebooks from alternative sources, most people of sense are not going to say outright and want it written down in black-and-white and eternally available on the internet the proof that they obtain ebooks that way - even if they think they are totally within their rights to do so. It's not a matter of feeling a sense of guilt as it is of seeing examples of industries going after low-hanging fruit in legal proceedings where they are trying to get a precedent set, and rightfully wanting to avoid that situation for themselves. I would even go so far to say that some, who are thinking several chess moves ahead, might even throw up a smokescreen and feign outrage (I'm not directing this comment toward anyone specific here) over the whole idea. |
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05-25-2011, 01:33 PM | #109 | |
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There are still too many people in this thread who are assuming that the only/main reason to pirate a book is the cost.
This may be me being all Ableism 101, but it doesn't matter to some readers if they can get Harry Potter for free at the library IF an ebook version is the only thing they can comfortably read / carry around. A lot of the first adopters for e-Readers were people who cannot use or carry typical paper books. Carpal tunnel, bad back, cerebral palsy, arthritis, tendinitis - these are all very real conditions wherein it is much easier to use ebooks than paperbooks. Exclaiming, "But you can get Harry Potter at the library!" misses those points. For myself, I own all the Harry Potter books and I've yet to read past the first couple, because they are too dang heavy for me to lug around and all my reading is done on the go. (I haven't pirated the ebooks because I frankly just don't care about finishing the series until Rowling wants to let me buy her books in the format I can comfortably read. In the meantime, I'm sending lots of shiny moneys to other authors.) My point has nothing to do with piracy being legal / illegal, but rather that this "debate" is centering around a lot of misinformation about WHY some people MIGHT pirate. Saying, "oh, people are too lazy to go to the library" - even tongue-in-cheek, misses a lot of realities that some of us live with daily. Also? Quote:
Hi. Welcome to my ignore list. This is really inappropriate and triggering for a freaking ebook discussion. Last edited by anamardoll; 05-25-2011 at 01:42 PM. |
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05-25-2011, 02:39 PM | #110 |
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Oh, I thought it was a great analogy-- a nuanced, gray issue that some people see as a simplistic, black-and-white issue, the proponents of which (on both sides) tend to be loud, angry, and dogmatic.
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05-25-2011, 03:33 PM | #111 | |
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05-25-2011, 03:38 PM | #112 | |
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Has anyone actually looked at the survey?
I found this and this, and while they both say 2010, I'm guessing that the first link actually refers to 2011. Anyway, in the first link, which matches the number of consumers in the article linked in the OP, the key findings on piracy are: Quote:
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05-25-2011, 03:43 PM | #113 | |
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I'd like to see a breakdown (impossible I know) between Pirated-Books-That-Have-Legal-Versions-Available-In-Most-Electronic-Formats and Pirated-Books-That-Do-NOT-Have-Legal-Versions-Available. I.e., how many of these pirated books are books that simply can't be bought in e-book form at the moment. If there is a large discrepancy (i.e., 75% of all pirated e-books are books that don't have a legal e-book version available), then that would say to me that the issue here isn't cost at all, but format and convenience. |
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05-25-2011, 03:47 PM | #114 |
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That was my point-- he is blatantly pushing an overly simplistic black-and-white view on piracy, so it seems perfectly logical that he has an overly simplistic black-and-white view on other issues, too.
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05-25-2011, 04:08 PM | #115 | |
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I know that was YOUR point (and I agree with your point, for what it's worth), but I think his statement was a bad line to trot out in a discussion because: A) it's triggering B) it's just begging for a political derail. That was all I was trying to say. My "this doesn't even touch etc. etc." line was a reference to (B) above. (Love your avatar, btw.) |
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Pirating a book is stealing: It's stealing whether or not you are too poor to pay. It's stealing whether or not you think the corporations are evil greedy b@stards It's stealing even if you wouldn't have bought the item in question any way It's stealing even if you WOULD have bought the product, if only it was offered at a price you'd rather pay It's stealing even though everybody does it It's stealing even though copyrights are ridiculously long It's stealing even though DRM does more to hamper legitimate buyers than it does to step theives It's stealing even if you are too stupid to realize that "free on the internet" doesn't mean it's not really free It's stealing even if you tell all your friends about how great the book is and they all go buy it. It's stealing even if some authors think it's good advertising It's stealing even if it IS good advertising It's stealing even though borrowing a physical book from a friend is not stealing. The very very very small minority of situations where it MIGHT not be stealing do not change the VAST majority of scenarios where it is stealing. Lee |
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Yeah, like I said-- simplistic, black-and-white view, using an archaic, outdated and false analogy based on the actual deprivation of physical objects.
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And "making a copy" is not "taking." When someone is arrested for "stealing bread," that doesn't mean "he made a loaf of bread that was so much like SuperBreadCo's loaves that he didn't want to pay for theirs anymore." Stealing means taking something away from someone else. If you make something so ubiquitous that nobody's willing to pay for it, you may be guilty of interfering with a business; you haven't stolen anything. If someone stands next to a pretzel cart and gives away free pretzels, he's not "stealing," even if he's using the same recipe to make pretzels. Quote:
Is it pirating to download the contents of a blog? Doing so removes the author's chance to make money from hit counters and ad clicks; is that theft? Is it stealing to browse the web with Adblock Plus? Quote:
It's not "assault," either, no matter how hurt the author or publisher feels. Nor is it "murder," even if an author commits suicide from low sales. Which doesn't mean it's acceptable or legal--just that "theft" is not the relevant legal issue. Attempting to assign a simple, emotionally-charged crime to a complex aspect of business law just shows that the anti-copying crowd can't get enough support for their stance if they use accurate terminology. |
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