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Originally Posted by BWinmill
If this continues to happen, we will not be much better off than serfs of days gone by.
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I'm at least as much of an Amazon-skeptic as the next person. But even I can't picture Jeff Bezos exercising droit du seigneur.
Seriously, I can't imagine what substantial aspect of serfdom this has anything to do with. Serfdom was a horrible oppressive system, even when the feudal lord wasn't a rapist, and even though I believe a serf could own a book outright. Leasing, and being a serf, are unconnected.