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Old 08-24-2009, 06:39 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by tompe View Post
One reason is that the footnotes probably are easier to read and also easier to follow backwards if you miss the footnote marker when reading the body text.
Oooh, right. Reading the, um, not fully licensed ebook versions which frankly are better and more lovingly formatted than the originals with functional bookmarks and all on the 505 it never occurred to me.

Re: the moral side of this, I have all the paper versions and I consider this format-shifting which, while possibly illegal, I do not consider immoral. Your (generic "your") views may differ, that is fine.
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