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Originally Posted by Mivo
As opposed to a very wealthy minority (the content publishers) being responsible for rights* being taken away from the majority? Yes, the democratic process is more civilized.
* Right to make copies of purchased digital product, right to re-sell what was purchased, right to return it if a digital product is inferior and doesn't meet the buyer's expectations (forced to buy the cat in the bag), right of proper ownership of what was purchased (the trickery where what you buy is not a product but a subscription or license that can unilaterally be removed, and so forth.
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Authors in general are a wealthy minority? Employees working for publishers are? The " "right' to just take what you want without consent from the owner" has been taken away from the majority. And so it should be.
In case you haven't noticed: on Amazon you can return any ebook. You can download samples everywhere. And no, they cannot (legally) unilatterally be removed (illegal methods of taking merchandise back are available for any physical item, too). If you don't like the conditions the right thing to do is not to buy the item in question and just read something else.
And in any case, other people's (perceived) wrongdoings are no excuse for one's own.