[KevinH]

Hi,

And the day all online ebook vendors put up the following statement in big bold letters virtually filling your entire screen ...

"Warning: You are *not* actually *buying* this ebook even though we are charging the same or higher prices than actual printed books you could actually own. You are only licensing/renting it. And take note, this "book" can only be read on our devices so we are locking you in. If someone else comes out with something better, you will not be able to read "our" ebooks on it and if we go out of business you are shit-out-of-luck. Are you sure you want to proceed with this "not-quite" purchase?"

*each and every time* someone clicks on a buy button, then I will follow that license. Until then that are just trying to get the best of both words and frankly, consumers are getting sick of it.

KevinH

Originally Posted by geertm

The following quotes are from the Kindle license agreement:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/custom...deId=200506200
For other DRM systems you will find the same kind of license terms. Bold parts made bold by me.

"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."