Z:gnu-www-ja-freedom-or-copyright-old--53c787-We still have the same old fre/en

We still have the same old freedoms in using paper books. But if e-books replace printed books, that exception will do little good. With &ldquo;electronic ink&rdquo;, which makes it possible to download new text onto an apparently printed piece of paper, even newspapers could become ephemeral. Imagine: no more used book stores; no more lending a book to your friend; no more borrowing one from the public library&mdash;no more &ldquo;leaks&rdquo; that might give someone a chance to read without paying. (And judging from the ads for Microsoft Reader, no more anonymous purchasing of books either.) This is the world publishers have in mind for us.