The issue is that the price of buying a physical book to lend in circulation and the price of an ebook lending license are different - the latter is much higher - because an ebook can be lent many more times to many more people than one physical book and depresses sales more
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Honestly at this point, looking at what the world is like for content creators, I'd be willing to entertain that argument It's a bad idea on practical grounds, just like it's a bad idea for a store to insist on a strip and cavity search of all patrons exiting the building
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But if I *want* to make access to my content as restrictive as possible I have the right to In practical terms this is why you're seeing an uptick of exclusive live shows with really onerous "NO PHONES" policies
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Are we talking about moral rights or legal rights In terms of legal rights, the existence of lending libraries for physical books is pretty set in stone and it's a wild fantasy to think anyone will ever have the power to get them banned, ESPECIALLY print publishing
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Honestly speaking from a purely amoral perspective and looking at what's actually happening with warring interest groups, consumer demand is likely to prevail over workers trying to protect their bottom line as it always does - that's the trend of the past 20 years
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I mean yeah the overwhelming desire of consumers to get stuff cheaper and with less hassle is what drives capitalism's race to the bottom
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I'm not sure why the attack on "rent-seeking" for IP is viewed differently by some leftists than the equivalent when Uber attacks cab licensing, or Airbnb attacks zoning laws Framing "rent-seeking" as an inherent social ill because of "inefficiencies" is textbook neoliberalism
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