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Originally Posted by ZodWallop
I haven't figured out anything, nor am I claiming I have. A problem was raised: People are reading and returning books within the current seven day return period. What might be a simple solution?
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Oh, how about Amazon issuing a warning to abusers? Blocking all returns from accounts with a lot of churn? Closing accounts altogether? In short, the solutions they already have and use.
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Yes, there are people like me that download the books to read on a different device.
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Ah. And yet Amazon explicitly disallows this.
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Use of Kindle Content. Upon your download or access of Kindle Content and payment of any applicable fees (including applicable taxes), the Content Provider grants you a non-exclusive right to view, use, and display such Kindle Content an unlimited number of times (for Subscription Content, only as long as you remain an active member of the underlying membership or subscription program), solely through a Kindle Application or as otherwise permitted as part of the Service, solely on the number of Supported Devices specified in the Kindle Store, and solely for your personal, non-commercial use. Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider. The Content Provider may include additional terms for use within its Kindle Content. Those terms will also apply, but this Agreement will govern in the event of a conflict. Some Kindle Content, such as interactive or highly formatted content, may not be available to you on all Kindle Applications.
Limitations. Unless specifically indicated otherwise, you may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense, or otherwise assign any rights to the Kindle Content or any portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove or modify any proprietary notices or labels on the Kindle Content. In addition, you may not attempt to bypass, modify, defeat, or otherwise circumvent any digital rights management system or other content protection or features used as part of the Service.
Some more of that personal morality, but you’re unwilling to let others abide by the rules when you deem it wrong.
As opposed to dishonest users, who do something licitly and openly?
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I would be willing to bet that few to no people that feel entitled to return these books have attempted to return an obviously read (or partially read) paper book simply because they did not enjoy the contents.
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And now we’re back to “ebooks are exactly the same as paper books.” No, they aren’t. I won’t list every reason, but I’ll point out that no costs are involved in either delivering the ebook or accepting the return, nor has the ebook incurred physical costs of production.
Also noting “I would be willing to bet”, when somehow reasonable inferences by others have no weight and aren’t worth a response.