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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
And both are copyright infringement. In both cases the law gives the copyright holder the right to say: you can't share this and you can only read it on a specific device.
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Exactly. I personally do not DRM my books because I want people to be able to easily read them on whatever device they possess. That said, it makes me unhappy to see my book on filesharing sites all over the Internet because a lot of the downloaders take my book, read it, and don't even offer a review or any other kind of compensation for what they've received, even if it's not monetary in nature.
A used paperback loses value over time. So if I buy a paperback new for $14.99, my flipping through the pages decreases the value, so I can in good conscience sell it for $5.99 or whatever. It is a singular book. An ebook never decreases in value, it simply changes format. So to buy a book for $3.99, then sell it for $3.99... there's something wrong there. Or even to lower the price to $2.99 or $1.99, well, that devalues the original work, especially if the purchaser then brags all over the place that they got a super low price from Agent X... Also, once that person buys the ebook secondhand, what stops a dishonest person from reselling it and reselling it? Nothing.