I've been a reader of Techdirt for years. I truly believe in what Mike does here....
That being said...isn't EVERYONE missing the point?
This is a PANDEMIC. This is not some entity trying to take advantage. This is someone trying to HELP make this experience more bearable.
Authors, and publishers are in the same boat we ALL are...it's not just singling them out and saying 'to bad'. You say 'don't they deserve to be paid?' How about the workers in McDonalds, or hotel ppl who now can't PAY for books while they are stuck at home let alone food.
This is a temporary solution. Publishers and authors are entitiled to the stimulus and loans that the government is putting out just like the rest of us. You'd think they'd have a little compassion about cheap, best effort scans of books being lent out for 2 weeks to ppl stuck at home rather than being a bunch of jerks out it.
Now don't get me wrong...I won't be using this. Not because I can't...but because I can AFFORD to pay for my own e-books and I appreciate the fact that authors need food too....but for ppl who can't pay right now....give them a friggin break!
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Isn't everyone missing the point?
I've been a reader of Techdirt for years. I truly believe in what Mike does here....
That being said...isn't EVERYONE missing the point?
This is a PANDEMIC. This is not some entity trying to take advantage. This is someone trying to HELP make this experience more bearable.
Authors, and publishers are in the same boat we ALL are...it's not just singling them out and saying 'to bad'. You say 'don't they deserve to be paid?' How about the workers in McDonalds, or hotel ppl who now can't PAY for books while they are stuck at home let alone food.
This is a temporary solution. Publishers and authors are entitiled to the stimulus and loans that the government is putting out just like the rest of us. You'd think they'd have a little compassion about cheap, best effort scans of books being lent out for 2 weeks to ppl stuck at home rather than being a bunch of jerks out it.
Now don't get me wrong...I won't be using this. Not because I can't...but because I can AFFORD to pay for my own e-books and I appreciate the fact that authors need food too....but for ppl who can't pay right now....give them a friggin break!
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