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It's not "leasing", either, though - unless they're indefinite-time leases for a fixed price, with the right to "withdraw" the lease for a full refund. Most lea
by andreyf 17y ago
It's not "leasing", either, though - unless they're indefinite-time leases for a fixed price, with the right to "withdraw" the lease for a full refund. Most leased cars are returned, I imagine. Most "DRM-bought" Kindle books are not.
So while "buy" isn't the right word, neither is "lease". It's a whole different beast altogether.
- grandalf 17y agoEvery purchase has terms of sale and a price. Whether those terms are dictated by the counterparty or by laws and social customs is irrelevant. You can buy a car but you can't drive it 100 miles per hour. You can buy 1000 smoke detectors, but you can't harvest the radioactive isotope and make a nuclear reactor. You can buy a book on paper, but you can't re-publish it as your own work, etc.