Comments on: Sharing Digital Media (Legally)

By: Joel

Joel — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 18:03:32 +0000

The whole idea of buying a book then selling it back to be sold as “used” makes little sense to me. There is nothing really of value except the content–no physical object like with a book, CD, or DVD. It’s always going to be a new, perfect copy. It’s never used.

Why not just rent the books for a fee if you don’t plan on keeping them? No need to return them. They just stop working when you’re done paying the rental fee or after a set period of time.

I like the idea of gifting items that were purchased. Or having a digital aftermarketplace of pre-owned digital assets. Kind of like a used CD store. Of course, content owners probably wouldn’t go for this.

By: Scott G. Lewis

Scott G. Lewis — Sat, 30 May 2009 22:47:04 +0000

No question a used Kindle book marketplace would be disastrous to Amazon’s bottom line. Given that a “used” Kindle book is identical to a “new” Kindle book, why would I ever pay $9.99 for a copy when some speed reader is going to finish it in a couple of days and sell it back.

Heck, he’s probably going to stick it on his iPhone and his Kindle (since you can have any purchased book on up to 5 Kindles and seemingly unlimited iPhones), sell it back immediately, and then turn wireless off on his Kindle so it won’t remove itself till he’s done.

By: Karen

Karen — Sat, 30 May 2009 18:10:14 +0000

Public libraries already are dealing with e-books and Audiobook downloading so we shouldn’t have to reinvent the wheel.

By: Todd

Todd — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:26:16 +0000

There is no meeting Dinosaur Media in the middle, they’ll happily go extinct clutching their 1950s business model. So to propose that we can all get in a circle for a group hung, and they will some how abandon their contempt for us is naive.

I am adamant that if we the Consumers, as a collective, shine a light on the corruption and collusion that has put us in this mess, we can cause change.

Donate to the EFF and read about their latest courtroom battles.

Call your Congressman and demand that Net Neutrality be brought back up for a vote.

Sign the petition to radically reform the patent and copyright laws.

Reach out to your favorite author, musician, SAG writer through whatever social media and start a conversation about them distributing their work directly to you ( mention that Trent Reznor makes 10x more money releasing direct to the public than he ever did with a record company artificiality in the middle ).

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