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CD vs paper book analogy is deeply flawed, because one is digital and the other is analog. It's not just the amount of effort, but in fact impossibility to scan the content into an equivalent digital form, which distinguishes A/D conversion from D/D. You can't really scan a book with all the figures, sidelines, etc.
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Sorry, that one takes more effort than the other does not make the analogy "deeply flawed". It doesn't even make it a little flawed.
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Furthermore, the original printed book nowadays is produced from digital masters. It's much more natural for the publisher to produce an ebook from the same masters as the paper book he prints.
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A CD is produced from a digital master as well. You still don't get all the iTune downloads of a CD when you purchase the CD.
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I posit that if the notion of the right to contents comes to pass, the right to have a digital original of any analog or digital instance will naturally follow, with the necessary fees and even profits. Perhaps, you can buy one instance at market price, and be eligible for digital upgrade at a discount.
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I posit it will end up being much like the music scene is now.
Digital media will, over time and as ebook readers become more common, drop in price until it reaches a point which consumers think is fair to pay. At that point consumers will most likely simply buy the digital media. Those who want the physical copy of the book will pay for that too. Buying one will not confer any rights or entitlements to the other, either for free or at a discount. Along the way there may be marketing ploys and other isolated instances of digital copies being given away with the purchase of the physical book.
Time will tell which scenario will come to pass.
Cheers,
PKFFW