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Old 07-22-2009, 09:06 AM   #96
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What I mean is, in the case of a digital copy of a book, I'm not really owning or possessing it until I actually read it. And that's the moment I'll agree to pay a fair amount for the content. But, If a file is in my hard disk, it's not a book until that moment. It's just a bunch of zeros and ones.
I find that an extremely strange concept, I must say. You could equally say that a paper book is just ink marks on paper until you "actually read it". What makes a paper book have more "inherent value" than a data file? A book is simply an information storage device.
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