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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
You can't drive it through a schoolyard full of kids. You can't speed through traffic signals. You can't drive on the "wrong" side of the road. Restrictions that most (sane) drivers accept, in order to enjoy the privilege of driving.
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Yes, I can do all those things. There is no technological restriction in my car preventing me from doing so.
Let's keep the comparison apples to apples instead of apples to oranges here.
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You are not allowed to gather groups of people and charge admission to watch those programs. Same notation.
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Same as above.
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Stolen any cars lately?
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You are confusing property right with copyright. They are different.
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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
To others, who appreciate e-book portability, instant availability, format choices, font size control, lower cost (when it happens), etc, and can understand how some security does not negate or outweigh those benefits... not so much.
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And I can get all those things - without the technological restrictions - by getting an illegal copy.
You keep thinking that the comparison is between the current version of the technology (paper) and the new technology. It isn't. The new technology is already here.
You need to show how the legal version provides better value than the illegal version.