11-06-2010, 01:40 PM | #541 | |
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11-06-2010, 01:58 PM | #543 | |
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Hell, most of us have TV sets priced higher than iPad, yet you will never hear the argument that $700 widescreen TV set is a luxury. Why, for crying out loud, is $140 Kindle a fashionable item and not a lowly appliance? |
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11-06-2010, 02:45 PM | #544 | |
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No, I don't think it would kill ebook piracy, but -- I wonder if it would hit that "sweet spot" of low cost / ease of use / variety that would make piracy too much of a hassle for most people? Craig |
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11-06-2010, 02:49 PM | #545 | |
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Before that it's 95 years from date of publication. This is why no further material will hit US public domain before 2019. |
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11-06-2010, 04:05 PM | #546 |
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If you have some time to read a good argument, I find this series of blog posts on digital market economy very good (and relevant to piracy):
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20070503/012939.shtml (this is the final post, scroll to list below, and read the links to have the whole thing in chronological order) |
11-06-2010, 05:07 PM | #547 |
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I've never seen the point to this argument, because (1) it cannot be proven--it is simply hearsay, and (2) it is presented as justification, as if it somehow makes it okay to torrent a book.
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11-06-2010, 05:43 PM | #548 | |
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Truth to be told, O'Reilly publications are all about technology, and the service is more geared toward businesses who want to provide such reference material to their employees. Would it work for novels? Depends on the collection. Netflix collection of shows offered to Canadians is not so great, so I am still keeping my (expensive as hell) satellite. Should that change in the future, a simple download to PS3 is but a click away... |
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11-06-2010, 05:46 PM | #549 | |
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11-06-2010, 06:34 PM | #550 |
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Not so. A counter-example: Baen Books. Even new release hardbacks from them are $6 in ebook form. And if you're willing to buy the four new releases in a month, you can get them for $3.75 each. (And get two or more back-catalogue titles thrown in for free.)
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11-06-2010, 06:42 PM | #551 | |
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Now I know what you are going to say: this theoretical egomaniac didn’t spend years doing this, most of them are downloaded and added to the collection. But that just wouldn't fit in with your contribution theory. I mean most people would recognize seeing 9000 of them in other places, and even downloaded most of them, so they just wouldn't care about the new guy who broke the 10,000 files barrier. |
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11-06-2010, 07:37 PM | #552 | |
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I mean, I do understand the economics of giving a way the first couple of books in a series through their Free Library, on the idea that you would be hooked and buy the rest. And, consistent with this, you can get the first two volumes of the Honor Harrington series free at the free library, with the rest costing $6 apiece. Or you can, again legally, go to http://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/2...sionofHonorCD/ and simply download *all* of the books in the series. So I really don't understand how their economic system works...and even if it works for them, it's hard to see how it would work for anyone else. |
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11-06-2010, 08:20 PM | #553 | |
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I mean a new release ebook for $6 with no DRM, geo restrictions and available in any choice of format any time is not going to last is it? At least, that is what the agency 5 gang would have us believe. |
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