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Old 10-28-2008, 09:40 AM   #19
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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel View Post
i still can't understand how they managed to classify ebooks as "not books" in the first place. not only should this rule be changed, as far as i'm concerned it's an aberration and should never have existed at all.
When the EU directive was made law in 2003 it was aimed at the growing market in digital music sales but, because of the way it was worded, it applies to anything sold as "digital data". I don't suppose anyone really considered eBooks at the time but, unfortunately, eBooks are covered by the legislation.
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