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Originally Posted by HarryT
Trouble is, Geoff, that you then get into all sorts of almost philosophical questions about what it is that you actually are buying. An ebook is intangible, so what does it mean to say that you're "buying an ebook"? What specifically are you buying? The only reasonable answer, it seems to me, is that you're buying a set of rights that define what you can do with a file on your reading device. Isn't that just what a licence is?
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Well my view is that as a buyer I can use the ebook in any way I like consistent with the laws of the land, but as a licensee I am additionally subject to the conditions of the licence (provided those conditions are themselves lawful.)
Obviously the ebook retailers themselves see a difference, otherwise why would they put something like this in their terms and conditions?
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Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider.
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