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Originally Posted by HarryT
I see it as entirely different.
For example, as I've said in another thread, I don't personally believe that owning a paper book gives you some "God-given right" to the equivalent eBook. I own several different paper editions of "The Lord of the Rings", and had created a eBook version for my own personal use long before it was officially available as an eBook. But as soon as the official eBook was released, I bought it. Not because I wanted to read it (my own version is a lot better!), but because it was (in my personal code of ethics) the right thing to do.
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Fair enough, opinions differ as previous threads have shown.
Just wanted to say, as an atheist, I wasn't suggesting any of my rights are 'God-given'.
Maybe a better solution would be an option to pay what would be the copyright costs (e.g. 20 pence / 50 cents) when downloading a book - to be payable to the copyright owner if the work goes back into print. At the end of a certain time unclaimed funds could go to some worthy cause.
Then we could do away with the idea that the copyright owner could demand downloaders buy their pbook at £50 a pop when they decide to reprint it.