Originally Posted by mandy314
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.
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