SvennoJ on 25 August 2014
I'm confused now. Is it a major part of the debate or merely semantics?
You can do whatever you want with a physical copy, except sell copies of it or parts of its content.
With a digital copy you can't
- glue it to a wall for decoration
- use it as a frisbee
- fix a wobbly table
- use it to watch a solar eclipse
- use it as an emergency signal mirror on hikes
- scare away birds from your vegetable garden
- create a disco ball
- use as an ice scraper for your windshield
- make a bike reflector
- sell/buy 2nd hand/borrow/lend/use it at a friend's place without internet
Anyway I prefer to sell the ones that are merely good, not great, and end up with a collection of great physical content that I can display and browse through.
