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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
The idea that "if the rightsholder isn't giving it away, NOBODY SHOULD HAVE FREE ACCESS" is ridiculous. By that logic, people shouldn't receive books for their birthdays--after all, the recipient didn't pay for it.
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I give away second hand books all the time, for birthday gifts and Christmas gifts. Sometimes I have been the 3rd or 4th owner on average. I have books whereby only one person paid (whether me or someone else), yet dozens of people have read that exact copy.
That's one reason I love bookcrossing so much, (although I am not as involved as I used to be, because you can't pass around digital copies of books, which is most of what I use now) because with paper books the world can be one giant library. It's also why I will never completely abandon printed books.
I do have *some* books where I have been a fan of the book so much I've bought brand new copies, or someone has bought a brand new one for me, or I've bought brand new for someone else, etc. But it isn't often instantaneous, but eventually does happen. People just have to live within their means. But if it weren't for libraries, I couldn't POSSIBLY keep up with the latest and greatest. One income household and all the usual financial priorities, and all that....