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Originally Posted by ApK
No. You have different rights.
You have the right, for example, to get multiple copies of your ebook. You have the right to get an instant replacement of your ebook if needed.
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No, I don't.
A vendor might choose to offer those facilities.
They might also choose not to offer them, or to withdraw them at any time.
Anyone want to try getting an instant replacement of a book they bought from one of the many eBook stores that have since closed down?
What legally-enforceable rights do I have with an eBook? (Or, to put it another way, what things can I not legally be prevented from doing. That set is smaller than with pBooks.)
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And since they are different things with different physical properties, there is no reason or justification to assume that all your rights must be identical with both things.
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My rights aren't identical, that is what the discussion is about?
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HOWEVER, I believe that we, as consumers, and as members of society, have a right to set what rights we SHOULD have with either, and I believe that we SHOULD have some additional rights with ebooks, like resale and sharing, for many of the same reasons that we happen to also have them with pbooks...but not just BECAUSE we have them with pbooks.
And we have systems in place to bring about those additions to our license terms. Arguing about the words "buy" and "license" is not one of them. Renaming the process to a word used in conjunction with an inherently different physical item in NO way implies or mandates that you automatically get the rights and properties of that different thing along with the name change.
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I'm not really sure I understand why you are so worked up about this.
Digital items, whether books, music or programs, are ultimately licensed rather than purchased. That isn't to damn them as second-class citizens, it is just what the words mean.