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Originally Posted by latepaul
If you read my previous replies on this thread you'll see I agree. I was using shorthand here to say "the people who want similar rights to those they have with paper books".
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But do people actually have the rights they think they have with physical books? I don't believe you have the right to give your friend a copy of a physical book while retaining the original yourself, for example, do you?
Ebooks of course have numerous benefits over paper books. They don't degrade with time; they don't occupy any significant amount of physical storage space; they are searchable, etc etc. There seems to be a tendency to concentrate on the negatives of ebooks while ignoring their many benefits.