Thread: Do purchased DRM'ed ebooks have any personal user info stored in them?
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Old 10-29-2017, 10:49 PM   #36
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Originally Posted by Dutchbook View Post
No, theft is the right word and the seller can sue. I'm not going to bother writing entire paragraphs of info, so the short version is this:

Breach of copyright consists of using the copyrighted without the copyrighters' consession. Buying a ebook is a sales agreement (License goes one way, money the other), which is governed by another set of rules. By buying an ebook, you do not get a license to use the copyrighted material; You get a license to read the stuff.
Not in the US. Civil not criminal matter.
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