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Are the AA's and their equivalents not shooting themselves in the foot? Framing the argument in the way they have done (piracy is KILLING art) might work for a

Are the AA's and their equivalents not shooting themselves in the foot? Framing the argument in the way they have done (piracy is KILLING art) might work for a while but sooner or later a thinking person will come to realise that it really doesn't. Home taping didn't kill anything. Of course, if everyone suddenly stopped buying and only used torrents then the system would collapse, but will that happen? If everyone stopped paying taxes the country would collapse too. No country has an army big enough to enforce that. You smoke pot, you're a drug-crazed menaced. Except millions already do, they just keep it quiet (from the law at least). The more you push the drug-crazed menace part, the more anyone will any sense will push back as it's demonstrably untrue. It might work great as a short term strategy and help you get favourable laws passed but I think they might be approaching the end of the line soon. No need to be too sore though, Mickey Mouse has had a better run than virtually anyone in history.

towelrod 16y ago
Look at something like this: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2010/03/01/business/01ebook_g.html?ref=media http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2010/03/01/business/01eboo... So $4 out of the $26 I pay for a hardcover book goes to the person who is actually responsible for the content? I submit paying $22 in rent is ridiculous, and as long as something like this holds true, thepiratebay looks pretty good. I buy a lot of ebooks in the $10 range, and I would buy even more in the $5 range -- especially if the $5 went to the person who actually wrote the book.
- kingofspain 16y ago
  I can understand that, but I can also see the other side. Editors, proofreaders, marketing, binding, printing, sales, distribution etc etc. The author doesn't pay for those. With ebooks you can drop the binding & printing but the rest still applies. I'll concede there will be cases where the mark up is over the top, but you aren't just paying for the actual words.
- robryan 16y ago
  I'm a relatively poor startup founder and I can't say the $5 different is yet to sway me on ebooks, quiet happy to pay $10, although I'm not the fastest reader around. Above $10 though pushes it and $20 feels over the mark to me unless it's something directed at a niche audience.

towelrod 16y ago

Look at something like this: http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2010/03/01/business/01ebook_g.html?ref=media http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2010/03/01/business/01eboo... So $4 out of the $26 I pay for a hardcover book goes to the person who is actually responsible for the content? I submit paying $22 in rent is ridiculous, and as long as something like this holds true, thepiratebay looks pretty good. I buy a lot of ebooks in the $10 range, and I would buy even more in the $5 range -- especially if the $5 went to the person who actually wrote the book.

kingofspain 16y ago
I can understand that, but I can also see the other side. Editors, proofreaders, marketing, binding, printing, sales, distribution etc etc. The author doesn't pay for those. With ebooks you can drop the binding & printing but the rest still applies. I'll concede there will be cases where the mark up is over the top, but you aren't just paying for the actual words.
robryan 16y ago
I'm a relatively poor startup founder and I can't say the $5 different is yet to sway me on ebooks, quiet happy to pay $10, although I'm not the fastest reader around. Above $10 though pushes it and $20 feels over the mark to me unless it's something directed at a niche audience.