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alt="" height="91" width="77"></a>Last week
there were several interesting postings on the
Internet about the notion of "owning" e-books.
We've <a
href="http://www.oplin.org/4cast/index.php/?p=1469">mentioned</a>
e-book DRM issues in this blog before, but last
week's discussion went beyond the day-to-day
headaches of dealing with e-book DRM to
investigating deeper meanings of the current
e-book "ownership" explosion. Is there any need or
merit to owning an e-book in the same manner that
we can own a paper-based book? Can the concept of
loaning books apply to something non-physical like
an e-book? Which, of course, is food for thought
for libraries... </p>
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font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://dearauthor.com/wordpress/2011/01/23/the-value-of-ownership-and-ebooks/">The
value of ownership and ebooks</a> (Dear
Author/Jane Little/1-23-2011) "Currently digital
books are considered leases rather than true
sales. If a sale occurred, a reader would be
entitled to the rights under the first sale
doctrine: resale, trade, loan. Additionally, the
question of whether a reader would be able to
bequeath her digital library if she passes on to
her descendants (like a daughter or
granddaughter) hasn't been addressed as the term
of the lease hasn't been challenged in court."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://www.librarything.com/blogs/thingology/2011/01/ebooks-the-downward-spiral-of-ownership-and-value/">The
downward spiral of ownership and value</a>
(Thingology/Tim Spalding/1-24-2011) "If the
Kindle had debuted with an access-based 'faucet'
model, it would have failed. Consumers would not
have traded true ownership for a tethered,
metered and monitored product. But we'll get
there soon enough, as each step away from
ownership makes the next step more acceptable.
Once you realize your Kindle book is not fully
yours, you'll accept it being mostly not yours."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/technology/shanerichmond/100006222/does-the-ebook-mean-the-end-of-ownership/">Does
the ebook mean the end of ownership?</a> (The
Telegraph/Shane Richmond/1-25-2011) "An awful
lot of book buyers don't care about ownership in
the first place. They're the ones who are happy
picking up any old title in the airport bookshop
and then leaving it behind on the way home
because it won't fit in their luggage. Those
people will take to ebooks with nary a peep and
simply making them feel like they 'own' their
books will make little difference."</li>
<li style="text-align: justify; font-size: 16px;
font-family: arial; line-height: 110%;"><a
href="http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/01/books-cloud-access.html">What
if a book is just a URL?</a> (O'Reilly
Radar/Jenn Webb/1-26-2011) "All you need to use
Booki.sh is a web browser — you sign in and read
your books. There's no software or files to
download, just complete no-muss no-fuss access
to your books. You don't own your books in the
traditional sense — you own the rights to access
them."</li>
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