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Originally Posted by Phogg
Your social contract with civilization allows you to profit from your book - period.
Making writings available - including to libraries - for the benefit of society is part of a mutual agreement from which authors recieve the benefit of copywrite protection in a reciprocal relationship.
Its a two way contract, you break your part and society owes you zero access to the legal system to enforce exclusivity for your work.
Under what basis did you think copywrite operated?
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I completely agree. If an electronic book is available for the benefit of society, then the social contract isn't broken.
I believe you meant copyright.