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Originally Posted by meeera
Would you buy a firework that came with a licence that said only one person was ever allowed to look at it?  |
Do people buy movie tickets that only allow them (one person) in to see a movie one time?
Heck, those ticket's cost more than the DVD sometimes.
Do people buy airline tickets that only give them one flight, and are not transferable?
It come's down to this: if you want the benefits of paper and glue, then buy paper and glue.
The mere fact that paper and glue and glue affords certain benefits is NOT a convicting argument of why a abstract digital data representation should behave the same way. I think we can better arguments.