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Originally Posted by Rev. Bob
The thing is, I want people to think of ebooks as Real Things, and to intuitively connect the digital content with the analog content they're used to. There's not a massive piracy problem with pbooks, but there is a sense of ownership that comes with those that people don't get with ebooks. I like that sense of ownership; it reinforces that you have bought a thing and, within the bounds of copyright, can do as you please with it. Loan it to a friend, leave it to an heir, sell it to a stranger - this copy is yours.
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I like that sense of physical ownership, too, but don't we give that up when instead of paying for a copy, we choose to supply our own physical media and then pay someone to communicate instructions to it? That arrangement includes limited use of those instructions but does not include the right to communicate them to someone else.