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MrPlow [soylentnews.org] writes:

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If you're a consumer, that piece of digital wordsmithery you purchased probably isn't worth the paper it isn't printed on. Like most digital media available for "purchase," ebooks are often "sold" as licenses that...

Man, scams like this give everyone who uses licensing agreements a bad name.

Source: https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160522/14454734518/author-sues-publisher-portraying-ebook-licenses-as-sales-to-pay-out-fewer-royalties.shtml [techdirt.com]

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