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Originally Posted by HarryT
No. All ebooks are licensed, not sold. It has nothing whatsoever to do with what devices they can be read on. It's absolutely not unique to Amazon. Read the "terms and conditions" of any ebookstore.
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That's not true. Compare the agreement at oreilly.com. You can also lend or sell your e-books.
If you die you'll obviously loose your 'life-long' access but your heirs could legally download them.
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Digital Rights Management
All our ebooks are DRM-free.
Usage
Lending: If you buy an O'Reilly ebook from oreilly.com, you may lend it to another person, provided that you do not retain any copies of the book after you lend it. This is the same as the situation when you lend a used print copy—when you lend the copy, you deliver it to the buyer and no longer have a copy in your library. If you have bought a hard copy/ebook bundle, you may of course retain the hard copy, if you lend the ebook.
Resale: If you buy an O'Reilly ebook, when you are done with it you may resell it, provided that you do not retain any copies of the book after you sell it. This is the same as the situation when you sell a used print copy—when you sell the copy, you deliver it to the buyer and no longer have a copy in your library. If you have bought a hard copy/ebook bundle, you may of course retain the hard copy, if you sell the ebook.
By the way, because the lifetime access is a special benefit available only to those who purchase ebooks directly from us, the lifetime access benefit is not transferable to the recipient of your used ebook.
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