Re:Tell HN: It's easier and faster to pirate an e-book, than...
by carapace on Thursday December 29, 2022 @11:24AM
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What if (and I'm spitballing here) people didn't write to make money?
(That might sound snarky but I don't mean it that way.)
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It seems to me that we will see a kind of memetic evolution: some folks will develop a culture of giving credit and money to original authors, while others will develop a culture of free-for-all. Often you'll have different standards for different realms or subjects. E.g. I pay for books often and gladly, but software seldom and then only if I truly can't find a FOSS solution (has never yet happened BTW.)
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Really it's kinda regressive to try to make money selling hardcopies of books: it makes way more economic sense to let the books go where they will and then trade on your fame to sell t-shirts or whatever. ("10k rabid fans" and all that.)
(That might sound snarky but I don't mean it that way.)
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It seems to me that we will see a kind of memetic evolution: some folks will develop a culture of giving credit and money to original authors, while others will develop a culture of free-for-all. Often you'll have different standards for different realms or subjects. E.g. I pay for books often and gladly, but software seldom and then only if I truly can't find a FOSS solution (has never yet happened BTW.)
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Really it's kinda regressive to try to make money selling hardcopies of books: it makes way more economic sense to let the books go where they will and then trade on your fame to sell t-shirts or whatever. ("10k rabid fans" and all that.)