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Originally Posted by HansTWN
I would call it "exclusive right to make copies".
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But who defines, grants and enforces that right?
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Originally Posted by HansTWN
For me a monopoly exists when the buyer has no alternative to buy something similar elsewhere.
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But that is indeed the situation we have. Books are not fungible and thus cannot be substituted for each other (mostly anyway).
It's not as though I could buy a Lois Bujold book from Terry Pratchett, right?