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Originally Posted by Phogg
If it did not matter to sales, The agency book sellers would simply state they are leasing the works of authors, an no DRM scheme dreamed up yet would require any additional legislation of any sort to become enforcible. Just like the limitations when you lease a car. There would be no question when they go after people who copy and give out said works either - the public understands the limited use that comes with rental.
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They are not leasing, so they would not say that. They are not renting, so people's experience with rentals is irrelevant.
It's the purchase of a particular license.
People understand this in concept, if not in those terms.
They buy licenses for limited use of intellectual property all the time.
They know that when they "BUY" a paperback they are not necessarily allowed to make copies and give them to all their friends, or when they "BUY" a DVD, then cannot necessarily allowed to stream the content over a public web site.
Most folks seem to have no problem getting this concept, as most folks realize that there is not nearly the amount import in the terms "buy" "lease" and "rent" as some folks seem to think.
ApK