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Originally Posted by ApK
Physical property of any kind is not the same as intellectual property and the rights and restrictions concerning each SHOULD NOT be considered analogous.
It's the same point I've repeatedly tried to make elsewhere about not confusing "books" with "ebook" just books someone chose names with 4 letters in common. The rules of one concern the cost, sales and transfer of paper and ink and glue, and it's incorrect to try to equate those rules with digital ephemera. IOW, ebooks shouldn't be thought of like paper books, and if they shouldn't be thought of as paperbooks, they certainly shouldn't be thought of as chickens, etc.
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I think the confusion comes not from naming "ebook" similar to "book" it comes from the multiple meanings of "book". We use the word both to mean a physical object and the abstract concept of the contents - as in "I've mislaid my book have you seen it anywhere?" and "Have you read Stephen King's latest book?"
When people talk about wanting the same (or similar) rights with ebooks as with paper books they're usually referring to the rights they have over a physical object (i.e. book(i)) not the IP rights over the text itself (i.e. book(ii)). Indeed we usually actually have less rights over paper books because there's no explicit "you can make X copies for personal use" license terms. We have less rights but more utility - we can lend, give, resell etc - but those things come from the nature of the book as a physical book not because of any difference in IP law. I've pointed out in the past that there is an equivalent of book(ii) - a physical object which we can resell or lend or give away - it's the ereader device! For some reason this never goes down well.
Back on topic. I'm not sure how you make an exception for "DRM-breaking for personal use" that doesn't leave a loophole to break DRM in general.