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SalarymanJoe
Joined: 03 Feb 2005
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Location: Marietta, GA, USA
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 Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 12:16 pm |
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| Zac wrote: | | If I recall correctly this has been an issue in Japan for a long time now. |
Do you mean copyright holders not collecting on sale of used goods or something like yomidachi that was posted earlier:
| Quote: | | Bookoff is more like a library than a bookstore... people just stand in the aisles, read their manga, then leave without buying them. |
If it's the first issue, I'm intrigued and would like to learn more about the issue. If its the second, then why not do what Japanese booksellers in my area have done - prohibit yomidachi?
| Zac wrote: | | Also, those of you getting yourselves all whipped up into a frothing OUTRAGE!!!! over this need to settle down a bit. |
This one hit home a little more because I'm unsure how I may be sounding about the issue. I know what I feel isn't outrage though my post may seem much more conspiratorial than I normal. |
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Hon'ya-chan
Joined: 31 Jul 2007
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 5:27 pm |
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| samuelp wrote: | | Hon'ya-chan wrote: | | It's a stupid idea to say the least. It's like saying that the auto manufacturer of your car comes by 10 years later, and demands you to pay the Original sticker price on your car. |
Wait just a second here. I hate to argue this side but that's an unfair comparison. |
No, it's the same concept. The original manufacturer is in a sense, trying to get twice it's value in a product they produced. Even if it is a pittance amount, it's still double dipping.
Buy product new, and then get slammed down the road again for the product. The manufacturer can't double-dip like that!! |
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samuelp
Joined: 25 Nov 2007
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:03 pm |
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| Hon'ya-chan wrote: | | samuelp wrote: | | Hon'ya-chan wrote: | | It's a stupid idea to say the least. It's like saying that the auto manufacturer of your car comes by 10 years later, and demands you to pay the Original sticker price on your car. |
Wait just a second here. I hate to argue this side but that's an unfair comparison. |
No, it's the same concept. The original manufacturer is in a sense, trying to get twice it's value in a product they produced. Even if it is a pittance amount, it's still double dipping.
Buy product new, and then get slammed down the road again for the product. The manufacturer can't double-dip like that!! |
But they aren't charging the same person twice. They're saying, essentially, that they should be able to charge an extra fee if you transfer the used product to another individual.
Well, it's moot anyway since all manga will be digital downloads in 50 years, and then it'll all be DRMed to your Kindle-pod. |
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fighterholic
Joined: 28 Sep 2005
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:57 pm |
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| SalarymanJoe wrote: | | Even though the amount is low, BookOff even entertaining the thought with a small amount of cash sets a dangerous precedent. If BookOff begins to entertain this idea, publishers might begin seeking out exclusive deals to have their product sold to BookOff eithre from warehouse or from other chain stores (returned products, etc.), knowing that they'll get the kick-back. It could hurt operations of competitors who don't have an advantageous deal worked out, which will lead them to copy-cat measures and could end up resulting in higher prices. |
Like I said, MONEY. This is also a case of scapegoating, and now there's probably going to be issues now that will also tear at the more local used book stores. |
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asura_wings
Joined: 29 Jun 2008
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| Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:26 am |
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| that is why in writing books you should focus on the story and expressing yourself rather than the money..... |
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