[LINK] The once and future e-book: on reading in the digital age

[Richard Chirgwin]

Kim Holburn wrote:
> [snip]
>> In short, the terms (of e-publishing) are *unbelievably favorable*  
>> for publishers. It essentially moves them from print publishing  
>> margins to software publishing margins: pay once for the creation of  
>> the content, sell an infinite number of times with no additional per- 
>> unit cost.
>>     

OTOH, the terms of e-publishing are completely unfavourable to the customer:
- what was property is now a license;
- subject not only to copyright but whatever DMCA equivalent exists
wherever;
- subject to the home jurisdiction in which the T&Cs were written;
- non-transferrable;
- expirable.

"Print versus screen" is irrelevant compared to the rights of the purchaser.

RC