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Originally Posted by wgrimm
I bought a copy of Singh's "Mac OS X Internals" several months ago. Overpriced, of course- I paid around $70 for it (list is $80 I think). If I want to access it at work, I have to carry it in with me- and it's a heavy object to lug. Would be nice to have an e-book version....Guess what!! There IS an e-book version, pdf. And I ONLY have to pay $49.95 to be a good boy and RE-PURCHASE it. Or should I grab, for free, a .chm version that has been posted on the net? Ethically, why should I be required to RE-PURCHASE this content? Spend $49.95 on something that cost about ZERO to produce?
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Why didn't you just buy the eBook version in the first place? You would have saved $20, and had something that was more convenient to carry around.
I'm a little unclear about why you say that you are being "required" to repurchase it; nobody is going to force you to do so. All you have to do is make the decision as to whether having the eBook is worth $49 to you. If it is, buy it, if it isn't, don't. Is is "ethical" to take the eBook without paying for it? Personally I'd say not. Is it legal? Absolutely not!