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Old 02-18-2010, 11:50 AM   #141
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Originally Posted by DawnFalcon View Post
Nate - And that's why it's clearly a sale under UK law. I don't believe that matters in US law, though.
Actually, it does matter in US law. A number of other cases (missing the references right now, darn it!) have extended Autodesk to cover exactly this issue. In US law this very similarity to Amazon's other sales is exactly what makes that eBook purchase a sale. And that holds in spite of what Amazon's EULA text says.

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