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In the long distant past (before 2010) I never worried about copyright. I went to a bookstore and bought the book or a library and borrowed the book. And I never bought a book based on the possible sharing or reselling value.
If I wanted it and could afford it I bought it. If I could not afford it I borrowed it from the library or did without. Was not that traumatic that I remember.
I just took it for granted that it was a one of copy and that if I lost it or lost my vision or gave it away or left it on the bus it was gone.
You got the book, you read the book, and if you sold or gave away or lent the book it was gone unless you could buy it back or the lendee returned it. Mostly it was gone.
Most of my paper books were fairly copy protected in that the time spent scanning/OCRing them etc. could not be justified IMO against the cost of buying another copy for your own use. (Not saying no-one does the OCR thing because they enjoy the process, or to preserve rare works.)
Life was simpler way back then.
No worries about reading it with another device or if your computer crashed or you had no computer. One just assumed you couldn't and bought it even if you didn't have a hope of backing it up. Just never occurred and the content was pretty much the same.
Helen
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