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Originally Posted by AnemicOak
How about because their usage is different than a book sold to an individual consumer would be?
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Says who? I may lend a paper book to hundreds of friends. That same book might otherwise languish unread on a library shelf.
When I purchase a paper book, I receive the right to lend it to someone else. I can, for that matter,
give it to a library. Shocking, I know, but I have in fact done this very thing.
eBooks should not be different, in my humble opinion.
ETA: And no, I do not accept the "eBooks are forever!" explanation. I have books that are several decades old and still in mint condition despite being moved dozens of times and read more times than I can count.