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Originally Posted by BWinmill
To be honest though, my biggest concern is property rights. For normal transactions, such as the purchase of a book, it is dangerous to allow the seller to set terms beyond those provided by law, such as copyright. If this continues to happen, we will effectively find ourselves with no property rights. If this continues to happen, we will not be much better off than serfs of days gone by. (Note: I'm looking at the bigger picture here. It will take more than books to tip the balance. Alas, this notion of licensing in place of selling is frightfully common these days.)
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This one will be short. What law are we talking about that the terms are beyond? I am totally not understanding what you are saying. The copyright law does not seem to address any issues regarding copyright and library lending and do you mean property rights in general or ebook property rights. Are publisher's to be ranked up there with sumlords because they will only allow an ebook to be leant out more 27 times? hm.....
Helen