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Old 02-19-2010, 07:29 PM   #146
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Originally Posted by Xenophon View Post
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.

Xenophon
An interesting point might be "What does an Amazon receipt show?"

Does the receipt show you bought an ebook? or a license?

If the receipt says ebook, then "bait-n-switch" comes to mind.


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