I will not rent anything that can be copied losslessly. (Among other things, this is the major reason I don&#x27;t have netflix.) And I consider anything that can be (legally) taken from me without my consent, or that I cannot legally reencode, to be rented.<p>&quot;Buying&quot; an ebook currently is effectively renting it. If&#x2F;when that changes, if&#x2F;when I can actually buy an ebook, I will start buying ebooks.