In the future, nobody will buy printed newspapers or books because they will be able to read everything they want online without paying.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement?
The information revolution brought about by the internet in general, and electronic books in particular, is undeniable. Not only have paperbooks sales plummeted, but the plethora of piracy websites and torrents out there have raised fears that there might even not be a viable paid alternative.
Formal initiatives marked the beginning of the free access movement. Volunteer efforts to have legitimate access for some content as per their creators' premission was, and still is, the aim of some organizations, like archive.org, for instance. Even though it was possible for copyrights to be violated in such settings, being stored in a specific physical device that is owned by a sole person still made legal actions feasible.
With the invent of peer-to-peer technology, however, leaked and pirated material could for the first time be accessed by the public without a resulting accountability of a specific hosting server. Although the film industry, for example, was also hardly struck by the phenomenon, it seems that scientific literature and books in particular were harmed the most.
While a paid theatre experience might still urge loyal buyers to avoid piracy, the electronic book actually appeals more to most readers. The ease with which it can be browsed, the spatial efficieny of digital storage, and the possibility to utilize the search feature for more analytical goals -- all tipped the scales in favor of the ebook.
Still, this should not necessarily doom every legal alternative. By looking at the motives behind using pirated material, it appears that the lack of pragmatic alternatives is crucial. The paywalls imposed by most publishers are simply beyond the majority's reach. Should more institutionalized solutions be implemented, such as a state- or a university-granted access, the readers' behaviors are likely to be altered. Such alteration would not be driven by technical difficulties, such as the site being blocked, for these have turned easily crackable. Instead, it would be encouraged by their own conscience.
All in all, the technological advancements in electronic sources do pose a serious threat to their paper counter parts and are likely to overtake them in the future. However, with a governmental action being taken, this doesn't mean that such books have to be illegally distributed.
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Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 5, column 6, Rule ID: A_INFINITVE[1]
Message: Probably a wrong construction: a/the + infinitive
...ll made legal actions feasible. With the invent of peer-to-peer technology, however, le...
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Line 11, column 221, Rule ID: EN_CONTRACTION_SPELLING
Message: Possible spelling mistake found
Suggestion: doesn't
...a governmental action being taken, this doesnt mean that such books have to be illegal...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
actually, also, but, first, however, if, look, so, still, while, for example, for instance, in general, in particular, such as
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 23.0 13.1623246493 175% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 8.0 7.85571142285 102% => OK
Conjunction : 9.0 10.4138276553 86% => OK
Relative clauses : 6.0 7.30460921844 82% => OK
Pronoun: 17.0 24.0651302605 71% => OK
Preposition: 45.0 41.998997996 107% => OK
Nominalization: 7.0 8.3376753507 84% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 1974.0 1615.20841683 122% => OK
No of words: 366.0 315.596192385 116% => OK
Chars per words: 5.39344262295 5.12529762239 105% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.37391431897 4.20363070211 104% => OK
Word Length SD: 3.03943839326 2.80592935109 108% => OK
Unique words: 225.0 176.041082164 128% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.614754098361 0.561755894193 109% => OK
syllable_count: 621.0 506.74238477 123% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.7 1.60771543086 106% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 5.43587174349 92% => OK
Article: 8.0 2.52805611222 316% => Less articles wanted as sentence beginning.
Subordination: 3.0 2.10420841683 143% => OK
Conjunction: 4.0 0.809619238477 494% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 4.0 4.76152304609 84% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 17.0 16.0721442886 106% => OK
Sentence length: 21.0 20.2975951904 103% => OK
Sentence length SD: 45.996313979 49.4020404114 93% => OK
Chars per sentence: 116.117647059 106.682146367 109% => OK
Words per sentence: 21.5294117647 20.7667163134 104% => OK
Discourse Markers: 7.41176470588 7.06120827912 105% => OK
Paragraphs: 6.0 4.38176352705 137% => Less paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 2.0 5.01903807615 40% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 7.0 8.67935871743 81% => OK
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 3.9879759519 201% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 2.0 3.4128256513 59% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.0957186934058 0.244688304435 39% => The similarity between the topic and the content is low.
Sentence topic coherence: 0.0310113378207 0.084324248473 37% => Sentence topic similarity is low.
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.0290548314693 0.0667982634062 43% => Sentences are similar to each other.
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.0518704997451 0.151304729494 34% => Maybe some paragraphs are off the topic.
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.024013739375 0.056905535591 42% => Paragraphs are similar to each other. Some content may get duplicated or it is not exactly right on the topic.
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 14.7 13.0946893788 112% => OK
flesch_reading_ease: 41.7 50.2224549098 83% => OK
smog_index: 11.2 7.44779559118 150% => OK
flesch_kincaid_grade: 12.7 11.3001002004 112% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 13.98 12.4159519038 113% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 10.07 8.58950901804 117% => OK
difficult_words: 125.0 78.4519038076 159% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 12.0 9.78957915832 123% => OK
gunning_fog: 10.4 10.1190380762 103% => OK
text_standard: 11.0 10.7795591182 102% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Maximum five paragraphs wanted.
Rates: 89.8876404494 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 8.0 Out of 9
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