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Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by hunter2_ on Sunday September 25, 2022 @03:03PM (#32974802)
The parallel between SaaS and live music is pretty interesting. Seeing a play in a theater (as the un-pirate-able version of a movie) also fits in this category. Service instead of product, essentially.

I'm struggling to extend the analogy to books, though. The mental image of a kindergarten teacher reading a book and holding it up for the class to see the illustrations is a bit weak... perhaps theater serves as the post-movie and post-book medium alike.

Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by weeksie on Sunday September 25, 2022 @03:37PM (#32975158)
Exactly. The form of the novel is tied to text and text is fundamentally east to distribute because it is information. The problem is structurally tough.