[Xenophon]

Originally Posted by tompe

Read for example

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property

and realize that there are many ways to look at things. It is your thinking that is flawed if you believe your way to look at things is the only possible.

There are indeed lots of ways to view things. I tend towards the rather utilitarian view expressed in the U.S. Constitution: The reason for granting temporary monopolies is to give producers incentive to produce more and better intellectual output. But never lose track of the idea that the end goal is to enrich the public domain, for the benefit of all.

In the context of eBooks, I want happy (or at least, artistically productive) authors, producing more books, better books... "More MORE I'm STILL not satisfied..." (with apologies to Tom Lehrer)

Xenophon