And MY version of this is that if publishers want to sell me a pure, distilled IP divorced from the physical medium, then the price should be lower to compensate for the loss of rights I am experiencing as a result of this absence of physicality
I would have no problems treating an ebook as a disposable use-only-by-me, rights-restricted effective rental if that is the price they are charging. But if they are charging me the full price, it is unreasonable to not expect that I will want full rights. If they want to take away some rights I currently have, they need to take away some dollars from the sticker value too. I think eventually the law will come around to this point. I always pay for the content I use; I am not about depriving anyone of their fair due. But I am not stupid either, and I resent being price-gouged and punished for being one of the good ones here who really is trying to buy their stuff legitimately. They can only push me so far...