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Which is why I refuse to buy ebooks while they are at the same price as paper books. Unless publisher get their act together I will keep buying a hard copy and
by carlob 7y ago
Which is why I refuse to buy ebooks while they are at the same price as paper books. Unless publisher get their act together I will keep buying a hard copy and then pirating the ebook. I think this should be a right just like ripping CDs.
- kranner 7y agoIf it's just about being able to keep your copy forever, you could buy the ebook and strip DRM. How does ebook price vs hardcopy price matter here?
- pritambaral 7y ago> strip DRM As your parent says, they're already pirating the e-book. The difference is in how it appears to the publisher. If an e-book is bought and then ripped, the publisher doesn't become aware of the latter but they still see an e-book sale. > If it's just about being able to keep your copy forever It's not just about that. It's also about not supporting a sale one is opposed to on principle.
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- carlob 7y agoSibling poster replied for me better better than I would have myself. Regarding price I wanted to add that a physical artifact that I can resell or pass down for generations is worth much more than the bits it encodes. I also think we have a somewhat different definition of forever.