Friday, April 16, 2010

Reaction Paper #13

Sorry for another article about copyright but I thought this was an interesting topic and touches on ethics, which we talked about this week.

The first part of this article dealing with the ethics of downloading e-books:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/04/magazine/04FOB-ethicist-t.html

And this one:
http://www.teleread.org/2010/04/06/p-books-to-e-books-the-ethics-of-downloading-and-the-legality-of-scanning/

Please summarize both sides of the issue: whether it is ethical to download e-books that you own. What technology is coming about that will affect this issue?

Which side do you agree with and why? Please explain (and more than just a couple sentences).

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