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Originally Posted by stonetools
In the end, all that's irrelevant to whether Amazon's T & C are more liberal about "sharing" a particular ebook with others than SW's-which was my point.
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Your point is based on something you made up, as the direct context (which you keep claiming is so important for understanding) for Fbone's own original statement which you used as a launching pad for your imaginary tangent was the exact same book being on Amazon and Smashwords.
And the particular book I pointed to just exactly that, a Smashwords book which was put on Amazon.
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Originally Posted by Fbone
If both Amazon and SW have the same book at $2.99, some may select the DRM'd one at Amazon and let it sync and share with family members.
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Yes, you have some format flexibility at SW and DRM-free but you may pay a premium for it $2.99 vs $5.98.
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Originally Posted by stonetools
THe point of course, is that if your word meant anything, you would comply with the Smashwords T& C and not send copies of what you bought to others in violation of the author's license terms.
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FBone is completely right, the amazon T&C as written is more liberal than SW's- if you actually stand by your word
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Now, if I were to use your tactics and stuff your mouth with misinterpreting insinuations to create a strawman as you tried to do with me, then I'd ask if your word meant anything would you comply if "Amazon's T&C as written" were "more liberal" than the whatever "author's license terms" was and would "not send copies of what you bought to others" despite the "more liberal" device usage.
And then perhaps you just might have noticed that the statement I had made in response that if one respected said author's one-copy-per-reader-please license statement included in the very text of her book being sold on Amazon, then one would be shelling out the $5.98 on Amazon as well, and not just the hypothetical just $2.99 with DRM versus the $5.98 with no DRM at Smashwords.
And thus no savings and not just the posited price premium of SW vs. Amazon shopping, but DRM on both your Amazon purchases as well, which would not be the case if you had bought your two copies at Smashwords.
If you actually stand by your word, that is.
Because
Amazon's actual T&C says:
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Use of Digital Content. Upon your download of Digital Content and payment of any applicable fees (including applicable taxes), the Content Provider grants you a non-exclusive right to view, use, and display such Digital Content an unlimited number of times, solely on the Kindle or a Reading Application or as otherwise permitted as part of the Service, solely on the number of Kindles or Other Devices specified in the Kindle Store, and solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Digital Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider. The Content Provider may include additional terms for use within its Digital Content. Those terms will also apply, but this Agreement will govern in the event of a conflict. Some Digital Content, such as Periodicals, may not be available to you through Reading Applications.
Limitations. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, you may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense, or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove or modify any proprietary notices or labels on the Digital Content. In addition, you may not bypass, modify, defeat, or circumvent security features that protect the Digital Content.
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And yes, "Digital Content" does include the Amazon-purchased Kindle books, whether or not you have any of the devices or readers installed.
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Originally Posted by stonetools
But thanks for leading us around the mulberry bush.
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No, no, thank
you.
Not that you'll read this far.