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Old 03-01-2011, 09:41 AM   #21
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Originally Posted by Giggleton View Post
There is indeed degradation of a digital file
Not of the file you bought. You buy a book from Amazon, read it (or not) -- and then "sell" that file. It's not even the same file, but a copy of the file -- and there should be no degredation.

And no way to ensure that the "original" (a ludicrous concept with it comes to digital files) is removed from your device, nor that you just don't sell "your file" to many people.

If you want "first buyer" (or whatever it's called), then there has to be some physical form that can't be readily copied.

It's the same reason you can't return software you buy, or music, or games. When it's so easy to just dupe the cd when you get home and then return what you purchased back to the stores, then stores CAN'T very well accep the return (if they want to stay in business).

If someone wants all the experience of buying a book -- then buy a book. If you want the experience of digital media, there are different rules.

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