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Old 05-14-2009, 03:35 AM   #8
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Originally Posted by brecklundin View Post
Of course Amazon and others want backward one-tricky-pony devices...it is the only way they believe they can restrict your use of content. What we need is for a court to decide that ebooks are NOT software once and for all.
I'm afraid that's already "definitively" settled - in Europe, at least. The EU's "eCommerce" directive categorises eBooks as "electronic information", which is why they are subject to the full rate of VAT.
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