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It also prevents loaning, resale, inheritance, and any other kind of transfer. Which is particularly worrying when it comes to ebook collections. In the next 1
by TillE 13y ago
It also prevents loaning, resale, inheritance, and any other kind of transfer. Which is particularly worrying when it comes to ebook collections.
In the next 10-20 years, as physical media grows less and less common, we will surely see legislation and/or judicial rulings that treat digital property as actual property. There's room for actual services like Spotify or Netflix, but being able to have your own copy of something is so important.
- evv 13y ago> we will surely see legislation and/or judicial rulings that treat digital property as actual property "Surely"? Maybe if congress and judges held consumers' best interest at heart instead of the content holders..
- bediger4000 13y agoI think you should write "rights holders" instead of "content holders". They're two different things.
- kuschku 13y agoMaybe those rulings or laws won't happen in the US, but in some major markets of the planet those rulings will happen – partially this discussion has already happened in the EU.
- HackinOut 13y agoYes, to me the real problem is indeed owning your stuff... The ability for right holders to revoke your licenses at any moment without a warning and with no control on your side is unsettling. I have worked on a VOD website where we sold so called "forever" access to a video for a specific price, today the website is down, people do not have access to their "property".