eBook Piracy Inevitable? Hardly…

Alexander Wolfe at Informationweek.com here describes the exercise in futility that has become the debate over the scourge of eBook piracy and content control. I don’t think he is trying to solve the problem, rather it’s an attempt to advance the discussion by invoking some description of eBook piracy’s impact on the content-creator or author.

I am amazed that this discussion has been going on for so long, and yet two vital factors are consistently overlooked and ignored. The article proudly states:  “As of now, there are no answers to how we properly compensate content creators.”

How can one come to that conclusion without including in the discussion ridiculously high eBook pricing and the consistent use of an old business model on an entirely new marketplace?

The truth is, the old system did not properly compensate or represent content creators. How can we expect the old system awkwardly grafted onto a new technology to bring them any satisfaction, yah?

Piracy will continue as long as it is profitable. Content with jacked-up pre-digital age pricing will be booty for the taking.

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