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EthanFeb 28th 2009 6:04AM

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I'd argue that since the machine has to render the text before it can be used, audio is just a different rendering, and what the authors have actually sold is the digital information of the book, not the right to display it visually. It's a naturally more flexible format, but the authors haven't added that value themselves, the device has. Why do they deserve money from that? We should be able to use it in any personal manner that we want.

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