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Originally Posted by Timboli
I noticed the following today, under the BUY-With-1-Click button.
"By placing your order, you're purchasing a license to the content and you agree to the Kindle Store Terms of Use."
Don't think I've seen that before at Amazon, or for some reason it just stood out today.
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As far as I can tell this is only on the US Amazon site. It was likely done in order to comply with California's
AB-2426 bill, which requires online sellers to clearly indicate that digital good purchases are in fact licenses (emphasis mine):
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(b) (1) It shall be unlawful for a seller of a digital good to advertise or offer for sale a digital good to a purchaser with the terms “buy,” “purchase,” or any other term which a reasonable person would understand to confer an unrestricted ownership interest in the digital good, or alongside an option for a time-limited rental, unless either of the following occur:
(A) The seller receives at the time of each transaction an affirmative acknowledgment from the purchaser indicating all of the following:
(i) That the purchaser is receiving a license to access the digital good.
(ii) A complete list of restrictions and conditions of the license.
(iii) That access to the digital good may be unilaterally revoked by the seller if they no longer hold a right to the digital good, if applicable.
(B) The seller provides to the consumer before executing each transaction a clear and conspicuous statement that does both of the following:
(i) States in plain language that “buying” or “purchasing” the digital good is a license.
(ii) Includes a hyperlink, QR code, or similar method to access the terms and conditions that provide full details on the license.
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