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Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by tene80i on Thursday July 13, 2023 @02:36AM (#36705713)
If you really believed this, you would find a way to pay the authors. Otherwise you’re just being cheap.
Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by randunel on Thursday July 13, 2023 @02:43AM (#36705752)
He pays them when they don't DRM their content. Pirates would get a much better experience, otherwise, by not having to put up with the DRM crap. I'm doing the same as OP in other domains. Whether the message is understood or not depends on how many of us do it. It's called activism.
Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by marcus_holmes on Thursday July 13, 2023 @03:36AM (#36706097)
This. It's low-key activism, for sure, but it is activism.
Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by unmole on Thursday July 13, 2023 @05:55AM (#36706901)
Not only do you get to take stuff for free, you also get to feel smug about being an activist. Amazing.
Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by tene80i on Thursday July 13, 2023 @12:11PM (#36711571)
This is, respectfully, bullshit.

Are you having an impact? Do you have publishers quaking in their boots? Do you even have a plan to extract your demands? Or are you just pirating shit you want to read and dressing it up as meaningful? Which achieves what?

Activism would mean you are out there convincing people who don’t already agree with you, and making hard choices about your own consumption, such as with a boycott.

You’re just enjoying the fruits of people’s labour without compensating them.

Cheap, cheap, cheap.

Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by marcus_holmes on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:56PM (#36718142)
"Be the change you want to see in the world." I can only control my behaviour. If enough of us behave the same way, then the world will change.

Your attitude is, respectfully, not helping.

Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by ix-ix on Saturday July 15, 2023 @12:01PM (#36738064)
Yes, nobody would be able to create content anymore because everyone would be stealing their book.
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Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by Brometheus on Thursday July 13, 2023 @03:27AM (#36706035)
Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by butterNaN on Thursday July 13, 2023 @02:47AM (#36705784)
I wish I could just pay directly to the authors. Maybe authors should start putting "Buy me a coffee" button on their websites.
Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by hilbert42 on Thursday July 13, 2023 @05:06AM (#36706597)
Right. To facilitate this we need a much easier payment system. I've advocated for ages we should be able to buy a card with value on it—say $10, $20 or so. The card would have a lottery-like scratchy which would reveal a number that could be used for such payments.

I'd be private, anonymous and dead easy to use. If you could buy these at shops, supermarkets—just about everywhere—I reckon people would use them.

Note: I've often not paid small amounts because of the complexities with credit cards, entering name etc. and being databased by some third-party company, etc. has made me hesitant.

Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by SSLy on Thursday July 13, 2023 @08:27AM (#36708114)
it's a thing for a long time https://www.paysafecard.com/en/
Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by hilbert42 on Friday July 14, 2023 @08:56AM (#36723293)
Nope! That's not what I meant. You have to sign up and give an email address, etc. It's not anonymous and too much trouble—and that's the problem, .

It should be as simple as buying gum or a block of chocolate. No questions, names, no pack-drill.

Re:The Anti-Ownership eBook Economy by butterNaN on Thursday July 20, 2023 @05:59AM (#36798567)
I feel most governments would never allow this