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Originally Posted by Deskisamess
While not about piracy etc, you neglected to mention the positive side of e-books. Easily accessed on several devices at the same time, adjustable font sizes, line spacing, margins, etc. Being able to read them on front lite devices that mean they can be read anywhere, regardless of ambient lighting.
My experience with e-books since 2009 has been that they are generally not more expensive than their new print counterparts. There are exceptions, but hasn't been the rule. E-books, even with the DRM, are worth more to me than print books. The negatives about e-books and their laws/rules are outweighed greatly by their positives.
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One point not mentioned here though is the fact that those purchases are not transferrable to your progeny after death. As far as I know, typical DRM laws allow a person to remove DRM for their own usage only; descendants reading e-books de-DRMed by their parents are effectively committing piracy.
Physical books (or compact discs or DVDs) remain in the family. As we are moving towards a completely digital media landscape, we are depriving our children not only from potentially valuable assets, but also from the sheer pleasure of re-discovering works which, at least, entertained their parents, but also possibly had a major role in shaping their identities. This is a pretty hefty price to pay for adjustable font sizes and the like.