I don't really see the similarity. With this Kindle scam, the scammers are taking money and directly putting it into their pockets. No one is discovering new content, no one is sharing content, no one is being entertained.
With file sharing, no the sharers make no money (except websites that show ads), and people discover new content that they enjoy.
People may be enjoying new content, at the expense of devaluing the entire industry.
After a decade of music sharing, the next generation grew up just expecting music to be free. This is exactly what many of us were saying and many doing the sharing said it wouldn't happen.
There were even alleged studies that claimed file sharing would increase artist profits. The proof is here and this never happened.
The problem is two-fold: You have amazon devaluing ebooks value through their service and the scammers devaluing it even further.
We are in a transitional period on the Internet, which may eventually give big corporations everything and leave everyone else with the scraps if we continue handing everything over on a silver platter.
Buge|10 years ago
With file sharing, no the sharers make no money (except websites that show ads), and people discover new content that they enjoy.
pink_dinner|10 years ago
After a decade of music sharing, the next generation grew up just expecting music to be free. This is exactly what many of us were saying and many doing the sharing said it wouldn't happen.
There were even alleged studies that claimed file sharing would increase artist profits. The proof is here and this never happened.
The problem is two-fold: You have amazon devaluing ebooks value through their service and the scammers devaluing it even further.
We are in a transitional period on the Internet, which may eventually give big corporations everything and leave everyone else with the scraps if we continue handing everything over on a silver platter.