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The title is pedantic, as were many reactions from older people on French twitter, which is not really surprising. I'd rather have them buy manga from actual li
by Zababa 5y ago
The title is pedantic, as were many reactions from older people on French twitter, which is not really surprising. I'd rather have them buy manga from actual living authors compared to things that already fell into the public domain, like Proust or Molière. However that would mean publishers can't get free money by guilt tripping people into consumming the "good" kind of culturen, so that wouldn't work. I do wish this money could be used to buy an e-reader though, you could get one for ~100€ and still have 200€ for whatever you want.
- indispensible 5y agoTo emphasize your point, if it is in the public domain, by definition they already own it, and your suggestion that they purchase an e-reader would make access to their ownership of extensive cultural capital that much more accessible. I realize that there is a lot of frustration regarding e-readers, but this is already the primary reason I own one-- to access the books which already belong to me in the public domain so that I don't need to pay for them again just to read them. On the other hand, I generally won't purchase copyrighted books for my e-reader because I won't own it like I would a physical copy.
- Zababa 5y agoThat's a really good way to put it!