Thread: You are not the owner of Amazon Ebooks
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Old 05-13-2014, 03:22 PM   #122
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Originally Posted by ApK View Post
YOU know exactly what you are doing, and you are doing all the right things, but because you choose to claim that you are doing your license "the same way everyone currently can treat physical books", you are MISLEADING many in your audience.

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You are NOT making ebooks work "the same way everyone currently can treat physical books" as you know very well. What you are doing is giving users some additional rights over the ebook content. So I beg, you, please say it that way.
Here's the current draft of the license text, and I'm certainly open to suggestions:

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You may transfer this ebook to another person just as you would a physical book or another physical item: by giving one copy to the new owner and destroying any and all other copies you may have made. Doing so transfers all of your ownership rights to the recipient as the new owner, exactly as it would if you had purchased this book in the form of ink on paper. The author explicitly retains all of the rights granted under established copyright laws. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not given to you under the provision above, please visit your favorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy there. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.
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