[ApK]

Originally Posted by speakingtohe

I disagree with that in principle, though I would probably agree with most of it in practice.

In principle, digital content and physical items are simply different. They have different properties and different capabilities, and those difference must and should be taken into account when decided what we should be allowed to do.
Also, what are being called "rights" in this context are often confused with "features" and I don't buy into the inflated sense of entitlement that that leads to. There is stuff that digital content allows us to do that pbooks don't. We need to both ensure we are allowed to take advanatage of them, and we also need to acknowledge that because the let us do additional stuff, we may need to have restrictions that simply were not applicable with pbooks.


Examples of differences:

I expect to be able to download another copy of my digital content for free if my local copy is lost or damaged. I do not expect this of physical stuff.

I expect to be able to change the font size of my ebooks. I do not expect this of my pbooks.

I can only lend my pbook to one person at a time, and while they have it, I don't, unless I went through the expense and time making copies. I didn't need any rule to make this a fact, but I can 'lend' an eBook simultaneously to everyone on the Internet while still keeping a copy for myself with the click of mouse.

Different things require different rules.
ApK