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Originally Posted by Good Old Neon
<snip>and books checked out of the library. The suggestion that consumers do not have access to materials prior to a purchase simply does not wash with me.
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You assume everybody has access to a library that has a lot of book stocked. I stopped going to the library when I moved to a smaller town. Their selection of English books was horrible (and I generally only read English books, don't like many of the translations). And now I'm living in en even smaller town, I doubt they have the selection I'd like to have. So, that statement isn't true.
Renting of movies: the same problem. Most of the movies I'd like to see aren't available (anymove) as they only have the popular ones (the rest are only bagage and only take space). There is a rent-and-download test going on, but when I checked what they had to offer it was either some very obscure movies or very recent ones. The only place where you can "preview" the content is the music industry.