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Originally Posted by rmeister0
I will certainly agree that this is the case, and probably contributes more to the confusion over this discussion than anything else. Unfortunately the software model of licensed, not sold, has carried over into other venues.
I have absolutely no trouble with licensing for something I don't intend to keep forever and for which the price is reasonable. Yet there are also some things I want to keep and use indefinitely and for these things I still rely on paper books, CDs and DVDs. Divx was a piss-poor implementation of an even worse business model, and I fear that in the future all intellectual property will be distributed in some similar manner.
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It's not licening that I have an issue with. It's the misrepresentation of licensing as purchase.
Obviously, you wouldn't pay $20 to rent a DVD, since you can purchase one for that price. Also you don't lease a car at the purchase price. So why would someone license an eBook for the hardcover purchase price?
My stand is that most people would not - but because some eBookstores misrepresent the transaction as a "purchase", many people do.