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I wonder, when we're discussing rights, if personal concerns really should be part of the discussion. Cinisajoy, you don't care if your grandkids get your books and I don't care if mine get my books but I think it's important that when we buy something we have the right to pass it on. And "buy" is the key word here. We are buying these books, no matter what we have to agree to pretend when we buy them.
The saving grace is that we can pass them on if we choose to, thanks to Calibre. No, I don't think that's a good enough answer but it's something. We should also have the right to legally pass them on.
I have no idea who will get my books in the unlikely event that I die. I can't think of anyone in my family who would want them. But that isn't the issue to me. Buying something implies a right to dispose of it.
I'm very much in favor of authors making money. I don't care for high book prices but I can live with that. I realize some of those in power here think I'm a pirate. I'm not. I buy my books. I have since they've been available to buy. But the other side of piracy is the never-ending attempt by sellers and publishers to deprive us of our right of disposal. That's as dishonest as what the pirates do. Legal or not, it's dishonest. Fortunately I don't have to give in to it.
Barry
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