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By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the nonexclusive, nontransferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, downloaded, decompiled, reverse-engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
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That's fine, but the right to read it on a device is of no use if you can't copy it to your device. And the notice says that you need
express written permission to download it.
Technically we don't have express written permission, we only have implicit permission. Our e-book retailer may have express written permission to offer the book, but we don't have any such written permission.
Of course, it's just boilerplate, Harper Collins has no intention of enforcing this text exactly as written, nor could they realistically do so. It reminds me of the boilerplate on football games where they say that any description of the game requires express written permission, but if they tried to stop people describing the game, they would be laughed out of court.