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Old 09-28-2010, 06:44 PM   #3
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Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
That's been a main factor in testing license vs sale for a while. I'm not sure if any eBook retailers state that they will reclaim/turn off access to the content though. Other than Amazon, I don't think any of them even can do that (and Amazon has stated publicly that they won't).
Most of them don't claim the right to remove your access/reclaim the books. (Libraries do; that makes it very clear that library ebooks are not sales or gifts.)

The point is, if they want tell end users that they're not buying the book and can't resell it or give it away when they're done, they can't *also* tell the authors that those are sales, not licenses, for the purpose of royalties.
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