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Originally Posted by murraypaul
No actual ownership, depending on the DRM platform, may also include the future inability to read the book, and/or be restricted on how it can be read, and/on which devices. Those are all properties of a license, not ownership.
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Copyright itself gives an implied license. It's only the terms of various licenses that are really at issue.
Arguing about misapplication of the words used to describe the process of acquiring the license is a red-herring, which I think is hindering our ability to form a unified front to bring about more fair terms.
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I don't know who that is.
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your post, top of this page.
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I think for me, it is more that I am not willing to pay (the price that a normal paperback costs) for an eBook, rather than that I am not prepared to pay (the price that this paperback costs) for an eBook.
And that itself splits into two. a) The eBook is restricted in ways that the pBook is not, and b) I resent being asked to pay a higher markup for an eBook than a pBook.
There is a floor price for a pBook, given the extra costs that exist, that is higher than the floor price for a pBook. I can't reasonably expect pBook costs to be reduced to match eBook costs, I can reasonably expect some of the saving for the eBook to be passed on to me, as the consumer.
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I'm trying to see how many agree with you. As of this writing, it seems more agree with me. (which doesn't really prove anything, I realize. But's it's nice to have people agree with me.)