5/10/2023 0 Comments The brave little toaster book pdf![]() (Of course, the button on their website says, “Buy this book” and they talk about “Ebook sales” at conferences-no one says, “License this book for your Kindle” or DOCTOROW/MAKERS/1 “Total licenses of ebooks are up from 0.00001% of all publishing to 0.0001% of all publishing, a 100fold increase!”) I say to hell with them. ![]() Instead, they say that when you “buy” an ebook, you’re really only licensing that book, and that copyright law is superseded by the thousands of farcical, abusive words in the license agreement you click through on the way to sealing the deal. ![]() But ebook publishers don’t respect copyright law, and they don’t believe in your right to own property. When copyright laws are made-by elected officials, acting for the public good-they always safeguard this right. Copyright law has always recognized your right to own your books. Owning books has been around for longer than publishing books has. ![]() You can give it away, you can lend it, you can pass it on to your descendants or donate it to the local homeless shelter. Copyright law says that when you buy a book, you own it. These people don’t believe in copyright law. I’m speaking, of course, of the legal departments at ebook publishers. What’s more, they’re powerful and organized, and have the ears of lawmakers and the press. They have no respect for property or laws. Makers Cory Doctorow Tor Books: 9780765312792 HarperCollins UK/Voyager: 9780007325221 Last modified About this download There’s a dangerous group of anticopyright activists out there who pose a clear and present danger to the future of authors and publishing.
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