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The problem is, there are legitimate reasons on both sides. Of course there is a need to make writing and publishing profitable enough to have a good market and many new books. But books aren't just like most other products. We as a culture have an interest not just in books but in reading and making them available. There is a reason, why we have libraries and allow the sharing and use of ideas. Nations have even libraries which collect all books published in it or even in the language of it.
It is always difficult to balance the public interest with making a profitable market and the legitimate interests of authors and publishers. If it is copyright or drm or even prices of books (like in Germany or France).
As a personal note: while I understand that the Internet and the new digital age puts pressure on the traditional business, I have the feeling that many "solutions" just limit the rights of consumers and ultimately harm the public interest. And I find it ironic, if big publishers repeat that books are special and want therefore a special treatment, but are fighting in the same time every thing that is special about them but not in their interest, like libraries.
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