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Laelth

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2. Made me think. Well done. k&r n/t

Reply to MadHound (Original post)

Fri Dec 28, 2012, 01:26 PM

Dec 2012

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The Ownership Society in the Digital Age. [View all] MadHound Dec 2012 OP

It's the fault of the liberal and the social democratic left... leftlibdem420 Dec 2012 #1

Made me think. Well done. k&r n/t Laelth Dec 2012 #2

Too many ifs, buts and maybes in that article dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #3

It might not be so bad. PopeOxycontinI Dec 2012 #4

I think that books are just simply getting into the digital age late Promethean Dec 2012 #12

I just got a Kindle, but I wouldn't waste money on a download duffyduff Dec 2012 #33

"Renting books, songs, movies" musiclawyer Dec 2012 #5

CDs still exist because people want the physical copy, plus duffyduff Dec 2012 #34

Recommended me b zola Dec 2012 #6

I'm doing my best not to support this renewal of feudalism. hunter Dec 2012 #7

We are a lot closer to a feudalistic society than most people know. zeemike Dec 2012 #8

K&R! We don't even have representative government anymore. We cannot compete with the wash Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #9

I am. I was exhausted after the election, but I'm getting my wind back. savannah43 Dec 2012 #17

We have not heard the last on the computer Dustlawyer Dec 2012 #25

Culture that is easily consumed is easily discarded. rrneck Dec 2012 #10

That is no lie nolabels Dec 2012 #11

Much fuming against copyright written by people who never create desirable music or art or fiction. Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2012 #13

It seems like you have missed the point quakerboy Dec 2012 #27

I agree with you that you should be able to resell or give away your copy. nt Bernardo de La Paz Dec 2012 #32

kr. back in the 90s i read some business exec type laying out exactly this as a business plan. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #14

Restrictions on hard copy book sales dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #16

i meant renting everything & owning nothing outright. sorry you couldn't grasp that. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #18

I wasn't referring to you. dipsydoodle Dec 2012 #19

not sure why you responded to my post then -- with a personal dig. HiPointDem Dec 2012 #22

I will give up my books lastlib Dec 2012 #15

+1,000 duffyduff Dec 2012 #35

Home ownership & car ownership have bit something of an illusion for quite a while. limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #20

It has been that way forever, and the illusion ProSense Dec 2012 #23

Till that final payment is made quakerboy Dec 2012 #28

Better than communism- where the government owns everything... WhoIsNumberNone Dec 2012 #21

This is really not all that new, just an extension. Stonepounder Dec 2012 #24

Shows the concept of property is amorphous, and evolves over time... limpyhobbler Dec 2012 #26

K&R We are a nation of farm animals for profit. woo me with science Dec 2012 #29

THis is called corporatism, or fascism Doctor_J Dec 2012 #30

That's what really gets me about ebooks, downloads, etc. duffyduff Dec 2012 #31

Kick woo me with science Dec 2012 #36