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Originally Posted by Socrates
And this has not been done to help the poor musicians, but to help the rich, cultural industry.
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That is not true. Of course that is the effect it has, but authors gave away their rights for a lump sum of money. I don't pity them. Digital distribution could be a better way to get the money to the "right people", but only if you value their work a non-zero amount. I've already seen books sold as an indie bundle (you pay whatever you want), that's pretty awesome if you'd ask me.
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Originally Posted by Socrates
I say piracy (for music and movies) is not a big deal today.
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It's not a big deal, that much is true. It has spread to software. It has spread to books, and it will spread to newspapers as soon as they create a paywall. I doubt the "hype effect" that illegally copied music undoubtly has goes for books and news. I'm not so sure if that's not a big deal. Why do you make the distinction between these products? There's no moral or legal distinction between these products (there is: software is better protected by law).