Discussions of ebook piracy are largely irrelevant until more people use e-readers.
Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 08/12/2010 10:41:40 AM
Once everyone has a kindle/nook/whatever, I expect book sales to begin declining somewhat.
On the other hand, the audience for books is very different from the audience for software. Maybe the impact will be less.
On the other hand, the audience for books is very different from the audience for software. Maybe the impact will be less.
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E-books, piracy, and the commodification of literature
- 08/12/2010 02:31:00 AM
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So we shouldn't just hook up writers to huge hamster wheels and force them to write and run?
- 08/12/2010 04:58:16 AM
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I agree with most of what you say, Tom
- 09/12/2010 03:16:48 AM
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Let us say "materialistic culture".
- 09/12/2010 03:30:39 AM
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That'll work
- 09/12/2010 03:41:18 AM
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I think that the idea of "the commodification of literature" is one that is flawed
- 08/12/2010 07:53:50 AM
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Discussions of ebook piracy are largely irrelevant until more people use e-readers.
- 08/12/2010 10:41:40 AM
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E-piracy is a symptom, not a cause
- 09/12/2010 03:22:05 AM
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Uhm, or they just want to read and can't afford to spend money on books?
- 10/12/2010 05:56:53 PM
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Re: E-books, piracy, and the commodification of literature
- 09/12/2010 03:46:39 AM
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Sorry...as soon as you said you injected Marxist ideas into it I had to stop reading...otherwise
- 19/12/2010 06:10:12 AM
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