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Originally Posted by wallcraft
Copyright has generally been seen as a licence between the author/publisher and the reader... an attempt to turn on its head the legal tradition that a purchaser can do whatever they want with the stuff they buy.
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Errr... your argument deconstructs slightly. An item under licence can only be used according to the terms of the licence. Purchase is a different concept, involving the surrender of rights by the seller.
But if you are right then all the publishers have to do is enforce their agreement with Amazon or decline to issue books in Mobi format. Given that ebooks are such a small part of the market, it would cost them very little and would put Amazon out of that market.
I'm genuinely interested in the implication of your post that Amazon do not have separate agreements with publishers for Kindle. Does this mean that when best-sellers appear for $15-$20 in Mobi and $10 for Kindle, this is just Amazon taking the hit, not a separate contract?