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Old 05-25-2012, 05:49 AM   #35
Kirtai
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I would call it "exclusive right to make copies".
But who defines, grants and enforces that right?
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For me a monopoly exists when the buyer has no alternative to buy something similar elsewhere.
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?
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