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Originally Posted by murg
A licence is just an attempt by the publisher/seller to control the book after the sale. This control is already in place in the copyright laws.
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Copyright law says "you can't copy it without the permission of the copyright holder". That would make the ebook unusable, because the very process of reading an ebook involves copying it. You copy it when you download it from the bookstore. The licence grants you rights above and beyond those granted by copyright law to actually allow you to read the book.
This is not an issue with physical books, because you aren't making additional copies of the book in the process or buying or reading it.