Date: Sat, 5 May 2001 03:21:41 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Publishers attacks on public rights. Message-ID: <15091.47125.871395.53949@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010504213138.00cf9c80@localhost> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010504121932.0464c400@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010504093633.045b1850@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010504091914.0467d5b0@localhost> <15090.43795.549818.410213@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010504213138.00cf9c80@localhost>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types: > At 12:33 PM 5/4/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > >Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types: > >> At 09:42 AM 5/4/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > >> >No, I'm being realistic. Publishers doing ebooks are reserving > >> >providing licenses that disallow long-established practices. > >> "E-books" aren't popular with libraries anyway, because they > >> would have to loan out the players. > >Non sequitor. They don't have to loan out the players any more than > >they have to for VHS cassettes. > Far more people have VCRs than e-book players. In other words, you admit it's a non sequitor. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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