Are We About To Enter The Age of Book Piracy?

Posted by CowboyNeal on Saturday August 9, 2003 @01:24AM from the ebooks-are-for-me-books dept.

theodp writes "The speed with which the 4MB e-mail hoax purporting to be the new cookbook from the Naked Chef streaked across the Internet suggests to Slate that a new, disquieting era for the publishing world may be in sight. Indeed, the latest Harry Potter tale made the rounds on the Web just hours after the book went on sale, its 870 pages apparently scanned in and distributed by rabid fans. The old argument that no one likes reading on a computer has pretty much eroded. Just because publishing people can't conceive of book piracy doesn't mean it can't happen."

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Re:article -1 Troll by blincoln · 2003-08-09 01:42 · Score: 1, Troll

Never underestimate what a cheap-ass will put up with to keep from paying for something.

mp3s are basically the audio equivalent of "stapled stack of recycled copier paper in a fuzzy inkjet font," but that hasn't stopped them from becoming incredibly popular.

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Re:Now it's getting pointless by Catbeller · 2003-08-09 04:01 · Score: 0, Troll

Ah, Republicans. Fonts of understanding and compassion.