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IP: re Disappearing eBooks - but not inmates?


From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 17:11:44 -0400



Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2001 15:59:30 -0400
To: farber () cis upenn edu
From: "James H. Morris" <james.morris () cmu edu>
Subject: Re: IP: Disappearing eBooks - but not inmates?



If Amazon continues it's pricing policy eBooks will disappear on their own.
1. They cost the same as a hardback.
2. You can't print them.
3. You can't "return" them, unlike all other Amazon products.

James H. Morris
Dean, School of Computer Science
412 609-5000
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~jhm




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