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Originally Posted by Alan
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Originally Posted by msundman
Oh, so now people should not be able to buy books until they are 18 years of age? Or maybe children should be able to sign legal contracts? Or how is this supposed to work?
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If the author decides to sell his work only to people older than 18 years then it is his decision. |
This is clearly not suitable for normal (e)books. I don't think it's wrong to put a license on a book or a potato or a pencil or whatever, but I do think that such a contract should be void if it's very easy to "sign" (e.g. by pressing an "I agree"-button or somesuch). AFAIK that's the case in most countries. E.g., I think "by opening this CD-case you agree to the license X"-type EULAs are void almost everywhere.
If sellers are forced to make buyers know what they are buying (if the sellers want to impose their additional, non-standard restrictions) then it will probably have the effect that buyers won't be so eager to buy from places where they have many restrictions.