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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy
The obvious reason is that an electronic copy is _another_ copy of the item, not necessarily the original item, as with a paper book.
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I can't say that I agree with this. How is an electronic copy any different than a physical copy? With physical you either do another print run from the publisher, or you photocopy it. With electronic, you copy the file. The medium and technology is different - but the analogy and concept are identical.
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Originally Posted by susan_cassidy
There is no practical way, other than DRM, to restrict you from making multiple copies of a digital file and giving them away, while keeping the original.
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For physical books, there is no practical way of preventing the photocopy of a book at all (aside from the amount of time it might take to do so) - at least electronic books have DRM.