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Originally Posted by mandy314
Yes, things can change - but in what way? Let's see some products of my poor imagination ...
- geo-locked ebooks (an extended holiday licence is available)
- personalized ebook licences (a family&friends package is available)
- ebooks only as streams (various flatrates are available)
All things in the cloud, online all the time - so why not: live geo-localization, live bio-metric identification. And the always on back-channel so that the ebook provider can check for criminal activities. Criminal? Yes as we won't discuss Terms Of Use anymore. All the juicy bits will have found their way into criminal law. Jailbreaking gets you into jail - that's a funny one, isn't it. But the prize (so everything) will be alright (tune in JJ Cale).
Yes, you can't own digital content.
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Mandy,
You knew what the terms of the licence agreement were when you bought the book. As a consumer, the option is open to you to vote with your money and not buy the product if you don't like it. It's no use willingly and voluntarily agreeing to a contract, and then complaining about it afterwards. Nobody is forcing you to buy ebooks if you don't like the licence terms.