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Old 09-05-2011, 05:23 AM   #65
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Originally Posted by starrigger View Post
But I do contest, as an ethical matter, the sense of entitlement I sometimes witness that says, "I have a right to any ebook I want, whether it's been authorized by the author or not." Because no, you don't.*
It isn't about rights or entitlement, it's about availability. If the writer/publisher doesn't want to sell it, people will look for alternative sources. For realbooks they will look on Amazon/Ebay/etc for a second hand copy. That source doesn't exist for ebooks, but neither do most of the excuses for not making them legally available forever.
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