> I meant the deserve part in the sense that if we're doing copyright, the only thing that makes sense to protect is the work itself
I disagree with this as well. “Works” don’t deserve anything. Stuff comes and goes.
> So practically, if we wanted to prevent copying, we shouldn't allow lending at all.
Who said we wanted to prevent copying?
IMO we want to prevent cmd+c / cmd+v copying or trivial DRM breaking with Calibre or something. If somebody wants to snap photos of each page of a book to “preserve the work” go nuts. But then don’t go sharing the MOBI they make of those pages.
I disagree with this as well. “Works” don’t deserve anything. Stuff comes and goes.
> So practically, if we wanted to prevent copying, we shouldn't allow lending at all.
Who said we wanted to prevent copying?
IMO we want to prevent cmd+c / cmd+v copying or trivial DRM breaking with Calibre or something. If somebody wants to snap photos of each page of a book to “preserve the work” go nuts. But then don’t go sharing the MOBI they make of those pages.