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Originally Posted by CyGuy
Amazon would fit into the "seller" category. I am referring to an ebook that you purchase.
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Originally Posted by QuantumIguana
Right up until the point that I pay for it.
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You pay for the copyright to all the ebooks you read? That must get very expensive, as the rights to popular books can go for millions, but I guess, as the new owner of the IP, you make it up with all those royalty payments you now get.
Or perhaps you just misunderstand--or just stubbornly refuse to acknowledge-- the obvious reality of what it is you are buying. Which is a specific license to use someone ELSE intellectual property.
It's not a paperback, it's not a car, you're not renting or leasing a physical item. You are buying rights to use ephemeral content in certain limited ways.
I cannot understand why people claim to not see the reality of this.
Ask for different and more fair terms in the license? Great. Ask for a reform of the laws concerning intellectual property rights? Great.
But make a argument that you should have certain rights with something for no reason other than you have those right with a totally different thing? That's just foolish, and is unlikely to convince anyone who matters.
You might as well insist you should be able to walk on water, because you can walk on land.
ApK