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Originally Posted by starrigger
In most book contracts, "license" means farming certain rights out to another publisher or distributor for them to exploit, such as audiobooks. Any interpretation that this would apply to a single retail transaction would be an extreme stretch.
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Except that they're trying to claim that the retail transactions are limited-use licenses, not sales. They're allowing the end user to read the book, but not resell it or give it away... just like a license to perform a play.