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Old 04-20-2017, 03:07 PM   #50
HarryT
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Originally Posted by pwalker8 View Post
Licensing and buying are two different concepts. You don't license a big mac and fries when you go to McDonalds. Claiming that it's licensed doesn't make it so. There is no hand waving going on. You are the one asserting that the sky is green and grass is blue. I'm the one saying when the button say buy, then I've bought it, not licensed it.
When the store tells you in black and white, though, there's certainly no hand-waving.

E.g., from Amazon UK

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Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider.
That seems pretty clear and unambiguous to me. Hit "Buy" and you're buying a licence.
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