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Originally Posted by starrigger
I think the basic problem is that it's a new kind of product. I, like you, want to feel that I own an ebook when I buy it. At the same time, I can understand their feeling that if someone gives away or sells an ebook (especially sells), there's a good chance that they're not going to delete their own copy. And so a single sale multiplies without payment. This isn't generally an issue with p-books.
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They are welcome to consider it a "license for use" instead of a sale--if they describe it that way before purchase, set the terms of the license in accord with the laws that define licenses, and pay authors for licensed content instead of sales.
"It's a new product" doesn't allow for "customers can only use it the way we think they ought to, because that's most profitable for us."