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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Exactly. Something used to be legal. A new media comes along that makes it easier to do illegal things. Nobody is saying that we should now have the right to do the new illegal things. What we're complaining about is that they are also taking away the rights to do what used to be legal.
That is not due to inherent differences, that is a power grab.
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No. The issue is that it was no less illegal before, but just more difficult. It was never legal to make a copy of a book and sell it or give it away. At least not under current copyright law. I'm not sure what you are claiming is being taken away. There is no law (that I know of) that says you can't sell and ebook. The problem is that it won't work because of the method chosen of protecting authors right BECAUSE OF THE INHERENT DIFFERENCE IN FORMAT.
As with all things you can't look at this just from one perspective (the consumer), the author has rights, the publisher has rights, the bookseller has rights. The law as a whole must do it's best to protect everyone's rights.
It's right back to your right to swing your fist stops at my face.
Now with your new genetically engineered longer arms you are more restricted in what you can do with them.