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Originally Posted by Liviu_5
But they are not property. In fact, what you have purchased is only a "non-exclusive, non-transferable license" to each song. Because you have not actually purchased something physical, Amazon's terms of service explicitly forbid both re-selling and lending. With a CD, of course, you can do both quite legally. Digital downloads can be cheaper and more convenient, but there's no legal way to extract value from them when your tastes in music change. Caveat emptor."
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Sounds like an obligatory public service message some editor asked to be added: "Be a good citizen, don't copy and give away files!" As they pointed out, the music market pretty much knows the drill already. So do we.
The "Caveat Emptor" bit was cute...
Anyway, if this is how Amazon plans to sell music, we can only hope that they will follow the same methods when selling e-books.