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Old 06-17-2015, 10:56 PM   #131
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Originally Posted by Little.Egret View Post
Think about it.

In order to read a ebook you need a license to copy for the purpose.

The seller has no authority to issue such a license for the buyer's actual location so the buyer is in breach of copyright law.

And if you mislead and thereby get a lower price (avoiding or reducing VAT), that's fraud that doesn't depend on details of tax law.
What you have in an appropriate case is a breach of a contractual warranty between buyer and seller. Most breaches of contract or of a licence do not invalidate the contract or licence, but give the other party a right to recover damages for the breach. At least in most cases under current arrangements my view is that the buyer does receive a valid licence.
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