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Stallman was right.
It's hilarious that we are willing to restrict virtual media in order to push the purchase of dead trees. Esp when we could be using hemp for paper but no, let's kill trees for books despite climate change and yet let's restrict *VIRTUAL* books because of...profit. And not even consumer profit but library profit.
What funny monkeys we are.
You know what's even funnier? I skirt the line but I couldn't care less. It will mean nothing. This is either about piracy or another attack on the poor or both. The people who are truly free will just wait and sooner or later, by one means or another, it'll be available. All it takes is one person. Probably before it hits the libraries. The only people this will affect are the poor, the people who need libraries the most. How interesting.
I'll go even further. No matter what the results are of this "experiment", I'm going to bet it's only going to go one way. The delay will get longer and longer and excuses will be found to make books more of an artificially scarce item then the unlimited access for all it will one day be, no matter what.
Oh well. I wish those who are intelligent and poor the best of luck and I hope one day the publishers realize they are fighting a battle already lost.
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