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Just a thought; yes for the most part we are not required to buy books. That being said, there are times when we are in fact required to buy. Sure at the moment, it is normally only paper books for classes and the like. In the future though, as ebooks gain more mainstream acceptance, people will be required to use ebooks for classes and the like. In some cases this will be great; PG books as opposed to the $7-8 for the paper copy is just plain smart. On the other hand, as expensive text books start migrating over, I can see some nasty use of DRM developing. Imagine them licensing the books for the semester... the student can use it during his class but can't sell it afterwards and can't even use it later.
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Bill
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