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The service is PROVIDING the book/good. the GOOD is the book itself. Unfortunately, the law has not caught up to the digital age.
Simplified:
Owning = good
Leasing = service
We could argue the difference between owning and "leasing" a book--with DRM and the clouds etc. it gets very confusing and up for debate. Do you own the data or not? My opinion, of course is: I bought it, it's mine. However there have been enough cases of that not truly being the case (download it, I can do with it what I want). Protection yes, control yes, legal yes, right... hmmm...
The problems with copyright are legitimate, but consider i.e. the coding of dvds still prevalent today. Buy it where you will--it won't necessarily play on your dvd player.
"Basic freedom" WORLDWIDE is relative.
Some problems still have to be fought through legal channels.
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