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Originally Posted by Shaggy
The only difference is in the scale. It doesn't matter as much as some people think it does.
Yeah, and the music industry ended up with a standard format that... allows sharing.
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No. it's fundamentally different. If you purchase a pbook then there is only one copy. You can sell it or pass it on or whatever you want and there is little impact on the industry. The impact of perfect drm-free copies to any number of people is much bigger and the music industry is still adjusting to that. The publishing industry needs to do the same. It needs to change. It is not possible to duplicate the media/format/rights a consumer has with regard to pbooks in the ebook world due to the inherent differences in the format.
I think in many ways we are both saying the same thing, but are looking at it from different perspectives.