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Originally Posted by Purple Lady
Maybe this is why more publishers don't sell their ebooks online themselves? They sell them to sellers who expicitly state that they are selling licences, not books. That way the publisher doesn't have to pay as if they sold a license.
from Amazon's terms of use
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but ultimately who is now the "content provider"? Basically the publishers cannot have it both ways. Even if they try and weasel it as they are selling a product to, say, Amazon who they only permit to sell licensed copies. It could have teeth but I just hope not. I don't even play a
liar lawyer on TV so not even a guess.
Still I cannot believe that publishers are the first to consider this tactic. I have to believe that MP3 downloads are sold as an unlimited license to sell copies as licensed copies rather than as real goods. If it that way and it has been tested in the courts the publishers might get away with it, well until this new ruling. But in reality I see it as only affecting the artist-publisher side of things rather than the publisher-retailer-end consumer side of things.
Still it could be fun to grab a bucket of popcorn to watch the fun.