08-18-2009, 01:13 PM | #16 |
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Ooh ironic.
Because there's currently a consultation about extending the PLR to non-print books. "1. Extend eligibility for Public Lending Right (PLR) to non-print books, in particular audiobooks and e-books;" Anyway; "How much would you be willing to pay just to read a book as opposed to own it? " About 20p. Less if the format is inflexible for screen size. |
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08-18-2009, 01:24 PM | #18 | |
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For instance an neighboring city from mine does not pay a direct garbage bill they pay for it through their city taxes. My city however does not, so I pay a direct bill. Would you state their garage collection is free? Also where I live there is a county library and a city library, one is ran by the city the other by the county. Out of curiosity does your state only have county libraries? =X= Last edited by =X=; 08-18-2009 at 03:11 PM. |
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08-18-2009, 01:27 PM | #19 |
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$5 is about the max I'll spend. Anything under that, I'll be happy with.
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Are you sure about that? The publishers/retailers certainly want you to believe that you are not allowed to do those things, and make it very difficult to accomplish them with DRM, but I'm not sure what would happen legally. There's no actual law that I know of which is preventing you from lending or selling an eBook, at least in the US.
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I paid AU$12 to watch District 9 last night. I also just finished reading Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield. Reading the book was free because a friend lent it to me and yet I reckon I enjoyed the book as much as if not more than I enjoyed watching District 9. I reckon Steven Pressfield should have earned at least a $1 out of me. |
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No problem I just didn't want it to be automatically assumed that "library money" is necessarily a direct reimbursement for lost sales. I've edited the wikipedia page a bit now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Lending_Right
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Just because Fictionwise claims you can't sell/loan them, doesn't mean it's true. That's what I meant with my previous post. The retailers want you to think you can't, and put conditions in their terms stating that. But that is still a long way from being legally enforceable. I don't believe there is an actual law that makes the selling/lending of an eBook illegal. To put it bluntly, the retailer is lying. |
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If lending ebooks was illegal, then you wouldn't be able to get ebooks from the library. The same terms libraries fall under, apply to people too.
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1. The buy a licence to lend "x" copies, and their software ensures that no more than "x" copies are in use at any one time. 2. The books auto-expire after a certain time. I think that most people would accept that this is a reasonable and acceptable use of DRM. |
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the important thing isn't the auto expiration, but rather the limited number of copies at any given time.
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The two are linked. Auto-expiry is the easiest way to enforce the "only x copies at a time" licence requirement.
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