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Originally Posted by Penforhire
I don't buy the argument mostly because there will be competition in this screen size (and perhaps even larger).
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Screen size isn't the question, available content without consumer lock-in/out is. If publishers only allow you to read as long as you buy their 'supported' 3rd party 'reader' (the Kindle), and don't sell in any other format, you've got a bad thing going. Ignoring the fact that the Kindle is only sold in the USA, and noting I have no clue what "windfall damages" works out to, you might read it as "if publishers aren't offering anything in any reasonably available format, you have the right to circumvent them" (i.e., by scanning and digitizing books yourself).
It's a bit hard to figure out what he meant though, since in the '60s digital versions were unavailable, so what he might mean by "sorts of works they themselves would never publish" seems equally unclear to me..