Thread: There's a better way to beat the ebook pirates
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Old 04-27-2011, 05:13 PM   #432
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Originally Posted by stonetools View Post
Er, except that they didn't legally BUY the BOOK: they bought a license to access the efile, which remains on the bookstore's servers ...
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In other words, when someone 'buys' an e-book with DRM, what they are paying for is the privilege of using it - they don't own it and their use of it is severely restricted.
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