Z:gnu-www-ja-rms-on-radio-nz--6ef2b3-They can do that anyway you kn/en

They can do that anyway you know with printed books, that's the motive for e-books. E-books are designed to stop you from doing things like lending the book to your friend or selling it to a used bookstore and borrowing it from a public library. They're designed to turn public libraries into retail outlets. And the reason they do this is they want to establish a pay-per-read universe. They're following the twisted logic that says the most important thing is how much money people pay and everybody who reads had a debt, now owes money and he has to be made to pay. I think this is entirely twisted and I'm against it, because the freedom to share must be respected.