Buying a track or ebook that you can’t pass on, share, or transfer isn’t ownership; it’s a rental. We need to restore digital first sale. eff.org/deeplinks/2026/01/rent…
Rent-Only Copyright Culture Makes Us All Worse Off
In the Netflix/Spotify/Amazon era, many of us access copyrighted works purely in digital form – and that means we rarely have the chance to buy them. Instead, we are stuck renting them, subject to all kinds of terms and conditions.Electronic Frontier Foundation
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in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation • • •Then simply don't rent. Buy books made of paper, not 1s and 0s. Simple. Also, they look nice in a shelf. And when on a train, using it keeps you from fumbling with your phone.
So many pros, no cons.
Oh, and you can slap bugs with it.
😈 Big Huge Donphan 🥵
in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation • • •Life Love Publishing
in reply to Electronic Frontier Foundation • • •#Amazon: "rent this movie for $ or buy it for $$"
They know that they are not selling you a movie you keep, just a movie that you rent for a longer time.
This is #deceptive but it's also #profitable.