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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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I had a hard time getting used to the idea at first - the not owning and licence deal with ebooks. It is not all bad - having the bookstore worry about storing and keeping a backup copy is great. If I chose not to (and I don't) then I can skip the time consuming task of making regular backups of my data. If I were to lose every single gadget, computer, phone, and backup disk all of a sudden, I still would not lose my ebooks. All I would need is some device again. Try that with a paper library after e.g. a house fire.
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Originally Posted by Sil_liS
But isn't the question if such things should be allowed to be in the license agreement?
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Cause and effect. It is the other way around - you want something changed in the terms, and to do so you question if it was legal to begin with. Assumption is that pbooks and ebooks should be treated equally. And no, that does not work that easy. You are allowed to resell a pbook (the paper, ink and everything) - and yet the new owner cannot do as he sees fit with the words contained in it. Ebooks only consist of the words (the copyrighted stuff) - and limitations are similar to the words contained in a pbook. Only way I can see it get changed is by declaring parts of the copyright laws illegal.