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Originally Posted by DuckieTigger
Monetary reimbursment for giving up consumer rights? Why? You always have the right to not purchase an ebook. More than likely you probably did not even purchase an ebook, but a licence to read it.
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My reading license I aquired at age of seven iirc, renewed it with finishing high school and with some academic degrees. Perhaps approaching senior citizen age I should consider to turn in my reading license alongside the driving and the "think for yourself" licenses me no longer getting the "modern world".
I see your point. My own fault to buy an ebook (license) with the Terms of Use clearly pointed out. I haven't an issue with this one. The argument one can't own an ebook like an pbook because it being an immaterial good has a good deal of face value too. But if publishers can sell licences, retailers/bookstores can sell licences why has the bucket to stop with the end user (us readers that is)? Sorry to have mentioned monetary reimbursement - I'm not in it for the money.
But I'm appalled seeing a high level court judging Term of Use prohibiting the reselling of ebooks legal. In Germany the legal situation isn't clearcut at all - could have gone either way I think. Afaik selling of used Steam licences is legal, so is selling of games on CD/DVD but not of downloaded games. Music CD or Video DVD/BlueRay no problem - downloaded music/video no go. Used software licences on the other hand can be sold.
That's all - but it gives me the wish for a "licence to kill" - virtually only of course.