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Originally Posted by Soldim
They EULA is interesting in this regards, since it creates an exclusive distributorship. My (and many others) interpretation of US copyright law is that including such a clause in a EULA won't hold up on court. Since claiming exclusive distributorship implies a de facto transfer of (part of) the copyright this needs a written statement or contract (exact words in the Copyright Act: "an instrument of conveyance, or a note or memorandum of the transfer").
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I must respectfully disagree. It's perfectly OK to voluntarily enter into a contract which grants more restricted rights than copyright law grants. That's the entire point - all this is entirely voluntary - nobody is forcing anyone to use iBooks Author who does not wish to do so.