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Originally Posted by hannah
What I abhor most in the whole ebook discussion is not the drm as it but the fact that we pay for having a right to use a file that we don't "own".
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It's the same for all digital goods. That's really the way it has to be - there's nothing physical to "own". Even when you buy a paper book, all that you own is the paper, glue, and ink; you don't own the contents of the book. You can't, for example, read it out loud in public.