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The real wreckers, according to him, are the publishers and entertainment firms using digital technology to undermine the traditional rights of readers.
“What they’re doing is throwing away copyright rules that describe what rights readers have to a book, and replacing them with these farcical end-user licence agreements that say you don’t really own the book, you only license it,” he said, noting that consumers who buy audio books from iTunes are required to agree to a 26,000-word licence agreement.
“I don’t think people write 26,000-word licence agreements in order to give you more rights,” he said.
Cory Doctorow, as quoted in ‘Meet publishers’ enemy No. 1: Cory Doctorow‘
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