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Originally Posted by Alisa
I think as the devices get better and cheaper, more people will go digital and the whole idea of printing thousands of copies in advance will fall by the wayside for most of the things that are currently in print media today. Printing will probably still continue as a craft but not as a mass market production. If you want a paper copy, there's already POD. If the same format shifting rights apply (at least here in the US) it seems likely that you would be able to print your file. At the very least I think it would be a bad plan for the publishers not to include a right to printing. Even iTunes in its DRM days allowed you to burn a limited number of copies. After all, if you get too restrictive many people will choose to simply download the content without paying.
So it seems likely to me this concern about getting a free or highly discounted digital copy when purchasing print will be fairly short lived in the scheme of things. Not much consolation for those of us going through the transition where we have shelves and shelves of paper books. I think that's what we get for living in interesting times.
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Totally agree.
As for printing your digital file, yes I believe you will be allowed to do that just as you are allowed to burn your mp3's to disc. I'm not sure too many people will have the ability to print and bind themselves a nice pbook version of their digital file though. In order to do that they will very likely have to pay a printing company to do it.
Cheers,
PKFFW