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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
People don't send each other links and say, "You *gotta* buy THIS!" Ebooks need to find a way around that problem.
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My father showed me his (physical) copy of,
The Big Burn by Timothy Egan. He informed me that he is telling all of his friends about it. He refuses to loan out his copy. Amongst his friends this is common. They all want to support an author who writes something great, so they each buy a new copy.
I bought an eBook version, in front of him, to show how easy it was. I'll read it someday. Buy your own.
Finally, I think a License, or rental, model could be twisted to include a used market. However, to work, it would require a new type of DRM. We can all state that we will delete it when we sell the book, but that is a load of bull. Mr. Jordan mentioned near the beginning of this thread that this type of DRM would have drastic implications for privacy. I agree.
So in short, I hope a used market never develops for eBooks. If we want to go DRM free, then we should all accept that the reselling of an eBook is not permitted until the copyright expires.
Off Topic: Copyright should last 50 years from time of initial publication, or Life of Author plus 25 years. Whichever is shorter. This should be implemented world wide, retroactively, 200 years ago.