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Old 05-18-2012, 06:24 PM   #17
fjtorres
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
But you can't help it, that's the trouble; it's not "nonsense". Many eBookstores do not provide a method for you to remove your purchases. You can't help but keep a copy.
Correct.
When you buy an ebook what you are buying is a license to download and read that book. DRM'ed editions get encrypted so as to only be available to devices or apps registered to you; DRM-free editions are unencrypted and they rely on your honesty to keep you from sharing it with 10,000 of your closest "friends".
Nobody currently offers a transferable license so you cannot gift a book you have read.

*Some* Nook and Kindle books come with a limited lending right but it is very rare and not commonly available.
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