In today's day and age- you rarely see people owning hard, physical copies of their works. Most people have their music, pictures, and even books online where they can access them through the internet or their PC. This is what the article "The end of software ownership-and why to smile" addresses. In the article, the idea that "emotional attachment of ownership" comes with having a hard copy of your materials. And I agree, it just is not the same having all of your stuff on the computer! I learned my lesson the hard way. A few weeks ago, my Dell laptop crashed and I lost all of my music and photos. This was devastating, and now I will make sure to print out hard copies of all my photos.
The article also addresses sharing electronic copies of works that one may purchase.If you go out and purchase a hard copy of a book or CD, it is completely acceptable to loan it to a friend. However, it is somewhat frowned upon by many if electronic copies of materials are shared through the web. So the question is- where do you draw the line? There is so much gray area, that it is hard to determine!
The following website is an example of how some books and materials are public domain and can be used by any!
http://projectguttenburg.com/
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