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Originally Posted by braver
Well, funny how many veterans with 1000+ posts suggest CD vs iTunes download or another MP3 download as an analogy to ebook for pbook!
Class, anybody wants to refute that one? (Hint: scanning books vs ripping CDs... original content analog vs. already digital... Hope I didn't give it all away...)
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Let me see.........
1: Book content is in a digital format and then put into a medium which consumer purchases.(pbook)
2: Consumer wants content to be usable via a different medium. Consumer has right to scan book and turn into digital file for use on ebook reader or consumer can purchase a copy of the digital file.(if available)
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1: Music is in a digital format and then put into a medium which the consumer purchases.(CD)
2: Consumer wants content to be usable via a different medium. Consumer has right to rip CD and change format for use on mp3 player or consumer can purchase a copy of the digital file.(generally available)
In both cases the original digital format of the content is used to produce a product for purchase.(either pbook or CD) This digital format is readily reproducible at low or no cost.
In the case of the CD, once mp3 players became common place, never was the purchaser of a CD supplied, by the seller either at time of purchase or a later date, with a digital copy of all the music on the CD for free or at a reduced cost on the basis of having bought the CD in the past.(except in isolated marketing and PR campaigns)
Besides the fact that music is more readily available in digital format, I'm not really seeing why you are so adamant the analogy is flawed. Could it simply be because the analogy doesn't support your argument so rather than admitting that it is valid and something that might be worth considering you insist it is flawed and not relevant?
Cheers,
PKFFW