Thread: A Fairer Fair Use?
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Old 05-23-2012, 04:08 PM   #90
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Originally Posted by Laridae View Post
But it's precisely because they are in a different medium that the rights of the consumer have changed. Of course we, as consumers, would love it to be business as usual with what we've always considered "our property" bought and paid for.

But, consider for a moment the transaction from the producer's point of view. The fundamental difference now is that the eBook is now easily replicated, ad infinitum, at practically no cost, and with no loss of quality. That situation has never happened before with normal, material property.

And that changes everything! It's not business as usual anymore, I'm afraid. And the buffalo no longer roam the great plains either, I'm afraid, sigh!
Scare quotes around our property pretty much sums it up, doesn't it?

I reject the idea that readers are to be treated as theives by default. Our books are the ones I check out at the library.
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