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Originally Posted by riemann42
5) Corollary to (1): The law and the implementation of the law should strive to recognize (1), while still acknowledging fair use and legitimate rights of consumers, such as anti-trust concerns with format, etc. In other words, an Author is within her rights to use Penguin books as a distributor, and allow them to charge $1,000,000 a copy of each book, but is not within her rights to require that the reader read the book using reading glasses sold by the Author's Husband, which offer no advantage over other glasses except the license to read said author's work. In much shorter terms, you have the right to charge be $12, but not to say I have to read it on a Kindle.
So am I a commie? Is being a commie so bad anymore after the capitalist demonstrated what lying, cheating, and stealing in the name of shareholder value gets us?
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Actually, the only thing I'd challenge here is point 5:
Of course an author/publisher has the right to tell you you must buy their book at their price, read it on their device, wear their specialty glasses and stand on your head while you read it. It's their product, so they can dictate the terms of sale.
They have this right, specifically because of rule
2: The consumer can decide not to consume. And you might want to add one more rule to your list:
6. Everything is negotiable.