bclarkie wrote:Are you all for real??? This is starting to get stupid now. I am starting to wonder if today is April 1st or not. AGAIN I ASK, why do the laws of supply and demand cease to exist when it comes to PDFs and nothing else in this world.If copying works isn't such a big deal when it comes to value, then why do all these countries have those seemingly pesky Copyright laws in place??? I mean I know goverments have no problems wasting time and taxpayer money for no apparent reason whats-so-ever, but surely they could have come up with some other better ways to waste time and tax payer money, especially when it is so many different goverments doing it. Oh wait, nevermind, I get, its because that are all just MEAN and want to deny people the right to read all that published material easily. Please....
Beyondthebreach wrote:I personally don't think that pdf's can (or ever will) significantly affect the price of books - that is either in print or out of print books.There is a certain intangible, ascetic quality to books that can not be captured by technology. I believe that books will be as popular hundreds of years from now as they are today and that no technological advancements will ever be able to match words printed on paper and bound together . . . Therefore, I don't think pdf's will have even a dent in the value of OCE's. In fact, I suspect that they will help increase it's value by drawing a few casual collectors in and then resulting in them wanting to purchase the actual item.Capitalism always applies - and it is doing so here. Books are a superior product and pdf's are vastly inferior. Actual books will continue to reign supreme as they are of a design that is molded into the human consciousness and has proven to be so for thousands of years. We will see if that will change with the progression of technology. My guess is it won't.
Beyondthebreach wrote:ClarkieI am not being ignorant. I truly believe that the market for pdf's of OCE's are people who were never going to buy an OCE in the first place! They are either 3rd edition players with no interest who succumb to an "impulse" buy. "Hey, only $6.00 - let's check it out!"Or maybe they have a real interest, but never had any intention of spending more than $10 for one . . . therefore meaning that they were never really in the market to begin with.Sure, maybe there are a few people who would have purchased one but won't do so because of the pdf . . . but I think this will be offset by those who do purchase one because of discoverig the pdf rules.OCE is a collectible item and out of print. The same rules don't apply as with CD's that are just released. It is the reason that burned CD's do not affect the sales of Record Albums - albums are for collectors who have no interest in a CD.
bclarkie wrote:If copying works isn't such a big deal when it comes to value, then why do all these countries have those seemingly pesky Copyright laws in place???
g026r wrote:Because copyright laws are not supposed (whether they are or not is another story) to be about the "value" of the work, and more about ensuring that the creators/owners of the work get their share of whatever is being charged for it.
Badmike wrote:I sell for a living and have yet to see a pdf significanctly effect a TRUE collectible in the aftermarket sales...
Badmike wrote:Copyright laws are there to protect the wealthy, and make the rich richer. The logic behind them makes no sense....half the time copyright LAWYERS (those whose job is to study the law) can't even agree on what they mean.
bombadil wrote:By the way, speaking of lovely old dice from OCEs and earlier, John Huckerby, if you're reading this, I haven't forgotten. Your dice are on the way!
johnhuck wrote:Surprised that I spotted this. Not dropping by much these days.Thanks very much. Looking forward to seeing them.J.
Badmike wrote:Copyright laws are there to protect the wealthy, and make the rich richer. The logic behind them makes no sense....half the time copyright LAWYERS (those whose job is to study the law) can't even agree on what they mean. They are the biggest boondoggle since the income tax.