And remember thinking yeah right, what a nonsense, no one would accept this. Although it's written slightly overdramatic, here we are, many people are reading DRMed books that cannot be shared. We are renting our DRMed movies and music online. Soon there will be a day where young kids don't even realize you could borrow a movie, book, or album from a friend.
Say about RMS what you want, but he has a tendency to predict problems 10-20 years ahead.
Everytime I read a book on my kindle, I think about this essay. In my mind, I look at it like this:
My income now so vastly exceeds the income I had in 2000, that the marginal cost of a book is so small, and not actually having to warehouse the book is worth the cost to me. Additionally, I believe we'll be moving to models more like what Disney has implemented with its movies (where you can buy it once, and watch it anywhere) is what will happen with most/all media.
>> Additionally, I believe we'll be moving to models more like what Disney has implemented with its movies (where you can buy it once, and watch it anywhere) is what will happen with most/all media.
Can you lend it to a friend? I don't believe that "watch it anywhere" part.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.html
And remember thinking yeah right, what a nonsense, no one would accept this. Although it's written slightly overdramatic, here we are, many people are reading DRMed books that cannot be shared. We are renting our DRMed movies and music online. Soon there will be a day where young kids don't even realize you could borrow a movie, book, or album from a friend.
Say about RMS what you want, but he has a tendency to predict problems 10-20 years ahead.