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Originally Posted by carld
You don't have a PHYSICAL COPY of the book, you have a license to use an electronic copy. And, as people keep insisting here, IP operates under different laws than physical property.
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Yes, and IP rights restrict your ability to publish, perform, present and disseminate, not to possess.
Unlike stolen goods, IP violations are committed by the publisher or producer of the item, not the purchaser. Especially if the purchaser has lack of intent.
By the way IP rights are the same regardless of the state of the object, ie physical or electronic. Intellectual property refers to the content - the book, the song, the show - regardless of the media in which it is delivered. You can't buy a physical copy of a copyrighted play, for example, then put on a performance without paying royalties.
You
can buy an illegally printed book legally.
You cannot buy a stolen book legally though, for example a rare book taken from a collector or a book stolen from B&N being sold on the street. In those cases, a physical theft has occurred, which differs from an copyright infringement.
Clear as mud?
