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ApK · 08-29-2014, 02:24 AM

Crich, no.
1. Any physical item is pretty much the definition of merchandise. As people here love to point out even when it's inappropriate, you are buying that media along with a licence to the content.
2. The operative word wasn't 'digital,' it was 'service,' meaning not physical goods, not merchandise.
If she had said 'marraige counseling is handled as a service' then you'd have been similarly and equally wrong to try to argue 'but if I buy a book or DVD about marriage counseling.....'

08-29-2014, 02:24 AM	#15
ApK Award-Winning Participant Posts: 7,389 Karma: 68329346 Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: NJ, USA Device: Kindle	Crich, no. 1. Any physical item is pretty much the definition of merchandise. As people here love to point out even when it's inappropriate, you are buying that media along with a licence to the content. 2. The operative word wasn't 'digital,' it was 'service,' meaning not physical goods, not merchandise. If she had said 'marraige counseling is handled as a service' then you'd have been similarly and equally wrong to try to argue 'but if I buy a book or DVD about marriage counseling.....' Last edited by ApK; 08-29-2014 at 02:30 AM.