Tell HN: It's easier and faster to pirate an e-book, than it is to buy it

Re:Tell HN: It's easier and faster to pirate an e-book, than... by jagged-chisel on Friday December 30, 2022 @07:26AM (#34184398)

And yet again you fail to explain. Labor laws make sure employees get paid. It's the farmer's job to price his product with his own margin in it.

So how does this apply to creative digital artists? Are you suggesting that they all need to be employed by someone else? How does THAT person make money on the digital product?

Seems to me you don't have a completely formed thought around this entire concept and therefore can't explain.

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Re:Tell HN: It's easier and faster to pirate an e-book, than... by breck on Friday December 30, 2022 @10:48AM (#34186088)

Lol.

The United States government employs more knowledge workers than all other companies (see NIH, DoD, CDC, NASA, NOAA, NWS, et cetera). Everything they produce is public domain, by law. And yet, they still get paid!

You are arguing for slavery on behalf of slaveowners. We don't need slavery. We still have cotton even after the 13th Amendment (we actually have more and better cotton now), and we will still have creative works after the passing of the Intellectual Freedom Amendment (we actually will have more and better creative works). You are on the wrong side of history.

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Re:Tell HN: It's easier and faster to pirate an e-book, than... by jagged-chisel on Friday December 30, 2022 @07:31PM (#34191876)

Federal government employees get paid with tax money. Are you suggesting digital creators get paid with taxes?

I’ve argued for nothing more than you to produce an argument. And yet you still haven’t.

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