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Originally Posted by j.p.s
So, the difference between buying and licensing is important in casual conversation, but not in advertising? And the difference between theft and infringement is important in law, but not in casual conversation?
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Depends on what, exactly, is being discussed. By and large, yeah, pretty much.
The discussion gets derailed before it even starts by the fact that very few people understand that when they "buy" an ebook, what they are buying is a lease.
There are fundamental differences between ebooks and paper books, and very few people understand that those differences exist, much less what they are. And once you've gotten off that wrongly, all else is just gas anyway.