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Originally Posted by Penforhire
Keep in mind that while you are not signing agreement for a license for each book you buy you are bound by terms and conditions you agreed to when you signed up at whatever site you use (e.g. Amazon Kindle or Sony Store). You can argue if those terms are ethical, or even legal, but you can't say they don't govern your every download.
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That's not true. A retailer can not put anything they want into a contract and then attempt to enforce it, even if the customer agrees. Companies put terms and conditions in agreements all the time that are legally invalid. For example, Amazon can not put terms in a license that force the customer to give up their rights or that override existing law. At least, not easily, and certainly not in something like an online click through agreement. You are definitely not governed by such terms, although some Companies would like you to believe that you are (which is why they still put them in).