Board 8 > never borrow books from the library

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unless you hate authors or something

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I just checked out this really good book on making valid comparisons, you should check it out

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having fun isn't hard when you've got a library card!

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foolm0ron posted...
I just checked out this really good book on making valid comparisons, you should check it out

Game Companies make games / Authors write books

Game Companies profit off of sales of Games / Authors profit off of sales of Books

Gamestop sells Used Versions of games and keep profits (Game Company makes no money) / Librarys lend books out to the public and you don't have to pay for them (Author makes no money)

I fail to see the invalid comparison, but I hope your book is enjoyable.

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I check out video games from the library :D

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I borrow books from Gamestop <_<

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Librarys lend books out to the public and you don't have to pay for them (Author makes no money)

Actually, no. Libraries pay licensing fees up the ass.

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they also pay appearance fees to authors in order to encourage more people to visit the library

but ron swanson hates libraries, so f*** 'em


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Wait, doesn't this line of thinking only apply to current-gen books?

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Phase posted...
Librarys lend books out to the public and you don't have to pay for them (Author makes no money)

Actually, no. Libraries pay licensing fees up the ass.


Well there is the answer then. Legislation that requires Video Game Retailers to pay licensing fees to Developers for the right to redistribute their media.


And I assumed that the libraries had some type of fees but that didn't work for the argument.

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SBell0105 posted...
Phase posted...
Librarys lend books out to the public and you don't have to pay for them (Author makes no money)

Actually, no. Libraries pay licensing fees up the ass.


Well there is the answer then. Legislation that requires Video Game Retailers to pay licensing fees to Developers for the right to redistribute their media.


And I assumed that the libraries had some type of fees but that didn't work for the argument.

There is. It's specifically to allow anyone to do so WITHOUT fees.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First-sale_doctrine

The idea being the license fee is paid exactly once per physical copy. If such a doctrine did not exist, every person that resold a copyrighted work would have to pay a fee to redistribute.

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...why is this not about used bookstores?

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because used bookstores don't cut into sales of new books


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Sure they do. I buy a copy at a used bookstore, it means I'm not buying a copy new.

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it's not very likely that you're going to go into a used bookstore to find a specific recent release and actually come out of the store with it, unless the used book store also carries new books. besides, used book stores are niche stores for enthusiasts. the customer that shops at a used book store buys more new books per year than most other customers.


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