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Old 10-22-2014, 09:07 AM   #14
QuantumIguana
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Originally Posted by Gudy View Post
Well, legally speaking, and depending on your jurisdiction, that is very much NOT the case. In fact, in most Western jurisdictions e-books are not legally books but are a kind of software license. So as awful as that article otherwise is, the "real books" thing is quite correct.
I assure you, I'm not reading a software license. I've read software licenses, and they look considerably different. If it is a license, then what is it a license for? The book, that's what. The rights you have may be different for a paper book vs. an e-book, but they are both still books.

Don Quixote is a book.
I read Don Quixote on my Kindle.
Therefore, I read a book.

I didn't read a codex, but I did read a book.
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