Re: The Ebook User's Bill Of Rights

On Fri, 4 Mar 2011, joseph harris wrote:

> [This revives the question 'Are ebooks the same as print books?'

Yes.

> It looks to me like a revival of the 'everything should be 
free' rallying cry.]

No.

Perhaps you need to clean your glasses? I tried both of my pair, 
and I couldn't find anything that made it look like you suggest.
I read the original linked article and it doesn't look like that 
either.

This appears to be directly in response to the issues of #hcod 
and #26checkouts.


> The Ebook User's Bill Of Rights
> http://www.booktrade.info/i.php/32229
> Posted at 5:25PM Monday 28 Feb 2011 Every eBook user should have the following rights:
> * the right to use eBooks under guidelines that favor access over proprietary limitations
> * the right to access eBooks on any technological platform, including the hardware and software the user chooses
> * the right to annotate, quote passages, print, and share eBook content within the spirit of fair use and copyright
> * the right of the first-sale doctrine extended to digital content, allowing the eBook owner the right to retain, archive, share, and re-sell purchased eBooks
> http://agnosticmaybe.wordpress.com/2011/02/28/the-ebook-users-bill-of-rights/

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