Oh, no, you're kidding
Jan. 21st, 2011 02:26 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
petroniaSo... ebooks have advanced to the point that pro writers and the publishing industry are suddenly discovering and rehashing the exactly same moral/legal/technical/etc issues that pro musicians and the music industry have been publically tying themselves into knots over FOR THE PAST DOZEN YEARS, are they? And... not showing any signs of having paid attention, learnt lessons, or examined what hard data exists (as opposed to simply making assumptions about who downloaders are, why they do what they do, and what the knock-on effect really is)?
Just checking.
The last person I talked to seriously about this stuff was of the opinion that publishing would figure it out faster, because they have less to lose than music and film, even so. I should have been more cynical and pointed out that publishing is both WAY more conservative and WAY less technically proficient.
Just checking.
The last person I talked to seriously about this stuff was of the opinion that publishing would figure it out faster, because they have less to lose than music and film, even so. I should have been more cynical and pointed out that publishing is both WAY more conservative and WAY less technically proficient.
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Date: 2011-01-22 03:01 am (UTC)