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If amazon is not selling me a electronic copy of the book it should be illegal for them to call the button doing this transaction "buy".

• piyush_soni 14y ago
  Might not be. They might just mean buy 'temporary license' or something like that.
  • tomp 14y ago
    I'm not a native English speaker, but isn't the proper term for that "rent"?
    • Ntrails 14y ago
      I buy an MSDN license. I buy a fishing license. The license is simply a fixed term item that you purchase.
      • msh 14y ago
        Yes, but in this case they use the same term and button as when they sell a physical book so to me its deceptive that its not the same transaction.
      • jasomill 14y ago
        Most MSDN subscriptions come with perpetual use licenses for the content acquired during the subscription term. More to the point, Microsoft does not reserve the right to terminate their licenses without cause, and in case of alleged cause, they have dispute resolution processes in place, up to and including binding arbitration. I'm not sure about their consumer cloud services, however.
      • chmod775 14y ago
        I do not remember buying a William Gibson: Neuromancer License It clearly said William Gibson: Neuromancer -> Buy
      • creamyhorror 14y ago
        Buying a fixed-term license for a product is basically renting the product. In other words, "buying a license" is another example of replacing "rent" with "buy". For consumer protection, companies like Amazon could be required to state "buy access to X" or "rent X" instead of "buy book X", which implies ownership of the product.