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Originally Posted by halfpint
As I said above it does not matter if you only lend it to your friend or family members, it is still taking money from the publishers. How many familys and friends do this around the world ? A lot of people do it, and why do you think the game industry is trying to stop it ? because they are loosing revenue. They are pirates who are sharing just like the internet file sharers do. If I copy one of your files I am not actually physically stealing it either because you still have your copy.
The one very big difference between 90% of file sharing on the net and sharing a book or game between friends, is you are not making money from it like most of the file sharing, but you are still taking that sale away from the publisher by sharing so you are infact a pirate and just as bad as internet file sharers.
The future game consoles will not allow you to share a game between friends or family unless they are using the same console. This will stop the lending and buying and selling of used games because they are loosing money. But wait is this not what all the big problem is with porn web sites loosing sales ? Dosent matter how big or small a lost sale is a lost sale through sharing whether its a book or a game or a porn site
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So what about a DVD. If I go rent or buy a DVD this afternoon and invite a group of friends over tonight to watch it should I charge them all an admission fee and then send that money to the MPAA because otherwise we all get to consume the video, but we only paid for one copy of it?
The main difference between lending books to a friend and sharing files on the internet is that when I share a book (or CD or DVD) with a friend, there is still only one copy of it and only one of us can use it at any given time. When I share it online I am making copies of it that I am distributing to others so others get to use it and I still have my copy.
I can understand your argument. If I never loaned a book to anyone there is a chance that those people might go out and buy that book on their own, but there is just as good a chance that they wouldn't have.
Another question. How do you feel about the sale of used books? If I buy a book, read it then sell it on Ebay or Amazon or even sell it to a local book store is that piracy?