Thread: Fair Use?
View Single Post
Old 06-20-2010, 11:53 AM   #140
captcrouton
Connoisseur
captcrouton has learned how to buy an e-book online
 
Posts: 63
Karma: 84
Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Kyiv, Ukraine
Device: Kindle 2
Ok, here's my (possibly incorrect) perspective on the matter.

When I buy a Kindle book, they're not selling me the book (according to their terms), their selling me the rights to read the book. The download is not the book, per se. I disagree in principle, but it is something I've agreed with upon ordering and I've never violated. Call me a sucker if you like.

If you've actually bought the book, you've already bought the rights to read it. Therefore, putting a copy is simply exercising the rights you've purchased to read it in a different format.

I've yet to illegally download a book or re-distribute one. I have no need, there's still far more freebies and public domain-ers that I want to read that I haven't yet had the opportunity. I don't think that well's gonna run dry any time soon.
captcrouton is offline   Reply With Quote