NuRayZ said:
MajorMajorMajor said:
MasterP said:
I’m going to have to agree with the OP on this though, if you get an ereader that’s based on a book purchase system you never REALLY own any of the books you buy.
It’s almost like buying Bioshock, you own it until the developer has determined that you’ve installed it too many times then you have to buy another copy.
Basically.
I was checking pirate bay and they seem to have a decent selection of books, but funny thing I read in the legal agreement. If misused, they will just repossess your ereader. It’s almost like you are leasing the ereader. The parameters of what “misused” is is very vague. And with Kindle and Nook, you can ONLY use the wifi to download and search for other books.
The more I read about them the less I like them. The premise of them is so nice. I would love to condense my entire bookcase down to a small tablet, but the fact that I own my books, can photocopy them and move them around and lend them out still give them superiority over ereaders.
I imagine they are afraid of what the internet has done to the music industry, in the sense that, people can download and share music for free and it cost the industry a ridiculously large amount of money. Corporate America is just evolving (or you could say adjusting) and trying to prevent another catastrophe.
Information should be free to use in any manner once you pay for it.
But I still understand what your saying. It just makes me facepalm.