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Originally Posted by cghipp
I don't avail myself of books, music, movies, etc. that I haven't paid for, and I am disgusted at how many people have no problem doing so, simply because they want to and they can.
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I don't have a problem with getting books from friends or the bookdrop by my apartment's mailbox center, nor with listening to music while shopping, nor with watching movies on someone else's TV. I am glad to live in a time & place that has so much free entertainment. I can't imagine having to pay for every shred of music or literature in my life.
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I just find it maddening that there's no good (legal) way to do this - not tied to a particular reader or software - that is analagous to lending my Dad a physical book and saying, "Hey, I just read this and I think you would like it," and when he's done with it he gives it back. This is a fundamental part of the reading culture and it's unforgivable that the "powers that be" haven't figured that out. I should be able to click a button on my reader/reader software, enter a name/email address and a lending period, and be done with it - just like the library software does.
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We have the tech to do this--B&N came up with it first, and Amazon copied them--loaning registered books through their services, and shutting it off for the original owner during the loan. It works once per title, for two weeks only--and even that's too much for most Agency publishers.
Most big publishers refuse to allow their books to be loaned this way. They absolutely don't want more than reader per purchase.