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Originally Posted by CyGuy
For me this is not, and never has been, the issue. The actual issue is this: The mistaken belief that purchasing an ebook is purchasing some kind of license. Purchasing an ebook is purchasing an actual product. Once this is finally realized, most of these other issues will vanish....
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A license is a product. Although the license can restrict what you do with the ebook it cannot (in most jurisdictions) restrict your ability to transfer the license itself. Note that this applies to a transfer, i.e. one license=one copy. That is (should be) legal. The legality of modifying the ebook to enable transfer (e.g. removing encryption or changing the file type) is yet to be decided in the courts. As far as that goes the legality of a license term restricting your right to transfer the license has mixed precedents-but generally those terms have been ruled illegal.