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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
This ruling is lame. A book is a book is a book. Different rules based on format are nothing short of arbitrary. Why should it matter what form the book is produced and sold in?
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The contents of the paper book and ebook may be the same, but the infrastructure around them is completely different. You don't buy an ebook, you buy a license to access the ebook. It is only for you, and can't be passed on to someone else. The license can be revoked at any time. You need to access servers to validate the license when DRM is applied to the ebook. Ebooks are treated just like software by the vendors, so it's no surprise that they get taxed the same way.