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> People are not willing, they are forced to, if they want the book, because books have an artificial monopoly based on copyright. In many cases people have a
by jjnoakes 10y ago
> People are not willing, they are forced to, if they want the book, because books have an artificial monopoly based on copyright.
In many cases people have a choice of ebook vs physical copy, which is what we're discussing here.
- coldtea 10y ago>In many cases people have a choice of ebook vs physical copy, which is what we're discussing here. Well, then it's still no free competition, between those are two entirely different technologies, and the sole owner of the copyright sets the price of both. To put it in another way, the prices of ebooks that are in public domain (e.g. 19th century books) are way lower (e.g. $1 per book for some publishers), whereas printed editions of said books are as high as they ever were.
- jjnoakes 10y agoWhich supports my point. Price isn't set relative to production cost. It is set relative to value to the users.