Thread: DRM, or not DRM: that is the question (poll)
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Old 02-08-2009, 01:27 PM   #55
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Originally Posted by gingercat View Post
the bottom line is: why can you lend a dead tree book to as many people you like yet you don't have the same ability with ebooks. You should have the same rights of usage for ebooks as dead tree books.
Because when you lend a book you are NOT copying it. When you "lend" an ebook you must copy it... and you don't have the COPYRIGHT. (There's that word again.)

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