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Originally Posted by pwalker8
They can still buy the books as ebooks, they just can't borrow them from the library as ebooks for the first several months. It sounds like you are trying to frame this from a moral point of view. I have a hard time accepting the premise that anyone has a moral right to free stuff, especially when it's more free stuff right now, rather than in a few months.
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Moreover, books are pretty fungible. There's always something else to read.
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Originally Posted by darryl
The only ones potentially affected (more than simple inconvenience) are those who must read it right now
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(Emphasis mine)
What does "must" really mean in this context? "Really, really want to a lot"? That's not the imperative you'd like it to be. If they truly "must", they have to find a way to pay for it if they're honest. It's not the moral equivalent of stealing a loaf of bread when you're starving.