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Originally Posted by BuddyBoy
Some proponents of DRM will point out that we're not purchasing a book to be used on a future reader, but leasing it to be used on our current reader.
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The notion of "software lease" was challenged in court in the US, and lost. The bottom line was: if you're not expected to return the product, it's purchased, not leased, and the seller can't put restrictions on how you use it.
Library ebooks are borrowed; you agree that they expire after a set amount of time. Books bought from Amazon, BoB, or FW are purchased, and the sellers are trying to insist that you can't read them in ways they don't approve of. They don't have that legal right, any more than a pbook store can say "you may not read this book on an airplane" or "you may not give this book to a friend when you're done with it" or "you must only read this book by natural sunlight."