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Originally Posted by Bob T
Yes...I knew someone would point this out...
But it seems like the industry wants to eliminate sharing, not just copying and I think this is what people see as the issue...
It is what I see as the issue...
I will continue to buy paper books when I know the titles are something I'd like to share...
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Sharing is a purely subsidiary function of literature, something a lot of people do not do with their books, and would not miss. That's not to say that sharing shouldn't be desired, but that it, along with other subsidiary functions (like resale, something else a lot of people don't do and wouldn't miss), might have to be lost over time given the demands of the media. We can't expect to be able to do
all the same things we did with paper... we have to accept the losses with the gains. And hopefully there will be enough of a price evolution with e-books that loss of sharing and resale won't be that much of an issue in the future.
It's something like watching a game of sports, then discovering they've put up a fence, and now charge to go in and watch. The game doesn't change, but the spectator has to get used to a new way of enjoying it (or not). And
hopefully, those changes (box-office receipts) will contribute to improving the game experience, and so prove worthwhile.