The same could be said about software. Broken from birth I guess. Music too. Movies? The main difference with books is how easy they are to distribute. The oth

The same could be said about software. Broken from birth I guess. Music too. Movies? The main difference with books is how easy they are to distribute. The other forms take up more space and are not as trivial to leave at an end point to be picked up. Music and movies also have big interested who might sue you. Software was easier to copy - you would rather have my .exe than my .zip of hacked up SaaS code that won't work next year. To answer what the next framework would be like. I think it would be crappier than just selling the book, and support fewer people. It would be bad for the reader too. Often the act of paying for a book makes it more valuable - the emotional investment in it means you will finish it and make use of it.