Addicted To Piracy?

[This is a useful discussion article and should be read. Unfortunately
it is very confused in places and I offer a few points below for
clarifications; I have used the article headline  system. There are also
a number of assumptions that need spotting.]

Addicted To Piracy?
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What are some of the root causes which are feeding the current digital piracy habit?
http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/35953-38051

http://bookseller-association.blogspot.com/2012/01/addicted-to-piracy.html

Early part: we are told the measures in use have no effect - I do not
think this is factual; it hasn't stopped piracy, but could any set of
measures completely stop it?

Free: the 'small core' idea is recognised, but the article continues as
though everyone were a pirate.

Fair Use: 'Fair Use' is an American term, in the UK it is 'Fair Dealing'
and from a different history. Other countries have different approaches.
There is also a claim about creative commons as though more than a few
people actually know about it or understand it; another argument from
the particular to the general.

And there is serious ignorance about copyright laws. This destroys a
deal of the points made by the author. His view is US-centric - a little
later he shows ignorance of other countries. Copyright was first given
to the creator i nthe Queen Anne Act of 1709, and strengthened in
successive decades; the Berne Convention moved the law forward
internationally. The US was very late to the international table.

Price: The price point is quite garbled, and confuses many different
aspects of marketing and selling.

His remark on the UK is not correct. UK print books do not carry tax,
and have not done so since the repeal of the UK stamp duty act in 1855.
Sales over the internet in the UK have so far been at the VAT rate.
Changes in the tax on print and digital books have been made by other
European countries.

Ownership: Again he confuses different things, and increasingly this
looks like an argument with Amazon kindle and other DRM systems. The
writer treads on difficult grounds with the issue of 'owning' a digital
file; the buyer still owns only a copy and has no reproduction rights
for that file.

And suddenly we are into 'social behaviour', which is not previously
addressed. Again this relates to the actions of a relatively small group.

Nonetheless the main question is a good one (even if tautologous):
'...'what we would accept as acceptable...'













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