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Originally Posted by Taylor514ce
Double-talk. Content's "license"? When I buy a book, I own that copy of the book. Period.
This idea of a "license" to "content" is a legal fiction. Any attempts to base a system on the concept of a license to use content is going to fail, as has been amply demonstrated by the current state of affairs.
What I'm suggesting via pk-cryptography is a way to generate a copy of a book unique to an individual purchaser.
You also haven't explained the rationale for limiting content to a specific number of devices.
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Hey, I am not going to engage into discussion about licensing vs. owning from a legal standpoint - it is an endless debate and I am sure you know all the pro and con arguments already. Similarly, I am not prepared to discuss what will succeed or fail in the marketplace.
What I am talking about is that from an engineering point of view, there is a license associated with a particular piece of content which determines what can be done with the content.
Limiting to a small number of devices - that's requirement from the content providers. For instance, in most cases, libraries won't be able to lend you copyrighted material if it can be copied and used to arbitrary number of devices. However with that restriction in place they can lend you a PDF file just fine (and for free, BTW).