Thread: Arguments For And Against DRM
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Old 10-15-2014, 08:52 AM   #231
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Originally Posted by leaston View Post
What a huge can of worms! I have to wonder why I should care. In the end, if I go on Amazon and click a 'Buy' button for an ebook, as far as I'm concerned, I now own a copy.
You own a licence which grants you specific rights. You do not own "the book", any more than buying a paper book grants you rights to the contents of the book. All you buy with a paper book is the ink and paper.

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If I then believe Amazon's terms and happily lend that book to others, should I care or worry that I'm breaking any law??
Amazon's terms don't permit you to arbitrarily lend the book to others. They allow books to be shared between a very stringently-defined group of related Amazon accounts. Amazon certainly don't grant you the right to make arbitrary copies of the book and give those copies to all and sundry.
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