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Originally Posted by queentess
At this point I can't really see a feasible way to treat digital goods like physical ones, but I'm all behind anyone who can come up with a plan that doesn't invade my privacy and doesn't put publishers/authors out of business.
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And that's the point, isn't it: Not putting publishers and authors out of business. As usual, there are two sides to every coin, and ignoring one side may just make the entire coin useless.
Only a foolproof way to identify the user of every document, and connect them to exactly one document, would make resell of digital documents feasible. There's a name for that: Digital Rights Management. So, anyone who supports reselling must support DRM.
Trying to apply physical rules to digital goods is like replacing your Clydesdale with a Corgi, then trying to pull your cart with him. We, as a society, need to get our heads around the fact that digital goods are not physical goods, and should not be treated as such, or you negate the advantages of those digital goods. Once that is fully understood and accepted, society can figure out how best to handle digital goods.