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Originally Posted by stonetools
Well, its not a perfect analogy, because the conduct it's aimed at preventing -illegal copying and distribuition -can only happen AFTER you acquire the product. But then there are no perfect analogies. As I've pointed out, there are many products where the law does regulate your use of a product AFTER you purchase that product. Ebiooks really aren't unusual in that regard.
If what you are saying is that the creator of a product should never take measures to protect their legal right against copyright infringement, other than ineffectual ones like printing a notice that nobody reads in the first page of the book , or attempting lawsuits against end users, well, cool. That's a defensible proposition. You can understand why professional authors might think disagree.
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Yeah, the law regulates your use after the sale, but most things do not have third parties trying to enforce that by limiting you against even potentially legal uses.