Don't mean to throw salt in the pastry but the points made in that article only help make the case for piracy. All those anti-freedom restrictions not only have no grip for those that download from the so called "darknet" but also make them wonder even harder about ever considering purchasing digital material. And it's all free for them to boot. So I'd say the industry is either shooting themselves in the foot for some weird reason, on purpose or there are other interests that are at stake for the industry that we don't know about.
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Originally Posted by J. Strnad
Yes, the big advantage of paper books, for which we should eschew ebooks, is that you can pay cash for them and no one knows you bought the book! Of course you'll want to wear a disguise at the cash register because of those security cameras. You never know when Homeland Security will swoop down and arrest everyone buying Fahrenheit 451.
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The so called land of the free will never cease to amaze me (or to horrify me) ... but I digress, sorry.