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Originally Posted by Shaggy
They're not talking about taking away our right to share with millions, they don't want us to be able to share eBooks with ANYBODY. If I can share a pBook with 1 person at a time, why can't I share an eBook with 1 person at a time? If I can exercise my one time right of first sale for a pBook, why can't I sell an eBook once? Technical ways of doing that already exist, but Publishers have taken it upon themselves to decide that we're not allowed to use them.
It's not that they're denying us new capabilities that eBooks allow, it's that they're also trying to take away old ones that we've always had.
It's not a different product. The product is not the pieces of paper, it's the story. It's not the digital 1s and 0s, it's the same story.
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No, you are simply wrong about this. There are new possibilities inherent in the new format which impact the entire industry. It is not (easily) possible to do the same things (i.e. share with millions) in the pbook world as it is in the ebook world. It's inherently different. It changes everything and therefore requires new ways of managing it in order to preserve EVERYONES rights.