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Originally Posted by Shades
But a license translates to "leasing" an item, not buying or owning that item. If it's use is under a contract, it's a lease.
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From their POV, it certainly is. I consider this to be a highly immoral abuse of their power, though, and do not feel bound by this contract. (If I did, I'd never buy any ebook or mp3 album at all. A contract, as opposed to blackmail, needs two parties to agree on their own free will.) Still, when an ebook or a music download is legally available in my place of residence, I willingly buy it at the local price -- price levels differ between various parts of the globe, exchange rates fluctuate, etc., so I accept that I may have to pay a higher price here than someone somewhere else has to. Not being able to buy it at all is something entirely different -- namely, censorship.