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i sincerely hope not. i think sharing culture with your friends and family is a crucial part in creating, maintaining and expanding our collective cultural identity and enriches not only ourselves but also our (human) culture as a whole. i can't even count how many brilliant authors / films / musicians i've been introduced to by a friend who said "you have to read this book, here i'll lend it to you". this has been a part of our culture since stories were transmitted orally. while i agree that digital technology will change our relationship to media in some ways i am certainly not willing to accept that forgoing all sharing is one of them and i suspect you'd be hard-pressed to find any true bibliophile who is. and any drm which aims to prevent that completely deserves not only the description of "evil" but is also anti-culture in my opinion.
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