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depending on your definition of "own", you might not own a physical book either. you just have a transferable license. you can read it, you can give it to a fri
by leetcrew 8y ago
depending on your definition of "own", you might not own a physical book either. you just have a transferable license. you can read it, you can give it to a friend or heir, but you can't make a copy and both read it at the same time.
- gnicholas 8y agoUnder US law, this isn’t a “transferable license”. You have bought the book and enjoy the rights under the first sale doctrine. The fact that there exist copyright laws that prevent you from doing certain things with the book does not make this into a license. That would be like saying that “you don’t buy a baseball bat, you acquire a limited license under which you may hit balls, but not people, with it.