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Old 09-21-2011, 02:44 PM   #21
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Originally Posted by markbot View Post
It seems that in a way digital books are actually good for corporations and bad for libraries because copyright law doesn't prevent physical book lending due to the first sale doctrine, I believe. However, with digital books a publisher can require any purchaser to agree not to lend the book (or have DRM in place)...and if they do lend the book (or circumvent the DRM), they can get sued in civil court and/or face criminal penalties. Right?
Not quite, current copyright regimes are possibly good for corporations/capitalists/exploiters and possibly bad for the free dissemination of knowledge.

Books that delete themselves????
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