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Originally Posted by fjtorres
The whole thing is untested in court because *author* contracts usually specify much higher royalties when their books are licensed to a third party.
Right now the publishers are telling authors ebooks are sales (and paying them that way) while telling readers they are licenses.
Sooner or later that double talk is going to get tested.
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While that's all true, it is not relevant to the discussion of wether or not John Q. Public buying an ebook from Amazon (or B&N, or whoever) is a purchase or a license. The relevant ruling in California is Softman v. Adobe, and it's very clear.