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1) except that lending someone your kindle isn't like lending them a book -- it's lending them your entire library at once 2) you are comparing "copying" text
by hubb 15y ago
1) except that lending someone your kindle isn't like lending them a book -- it's lending them your entire library at once
2) you are comparing "copying" text from a sheet of paper to an electronic device. that doesn't make any sense at all. people who view text on an electronic screen are used to being able to select and copy it. that was never possible, nor will it ever be with a physical paper book.
- rfrey 15y agoCopying an ebook is conceptually the same as photocopying a physical book, or duplicating a physical music album. It's just easier and faster to copy a computer file, or cut-and-paste a portion of it.
- delinka 15y agoIt's not anyone's fault but your own that your entire readable library lives in one physical device. Asking to change copyright to allow you to "photocopy" someone else's work and give it to a friend is unacceptable. Now that I've played devil's advocate, I'm not a big fan of the technological measures that attempt to prevent piracy. I believe that the solution is pricing digital media so that it's more 'disposable' - that is, price it so cheaply that pirating and even lending is too much trouble.
- rick888 15y agoMusic is already 99 cents. It can't get more disposable than that. Apps in the iphone and Android stores are also very cheap (most are under $10). Piracy hasn't slowed down.