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Re:Microsoft's eBook Apocalypse Shows the Dark Side of DRM by olliej on Sunday June 30, 2019 @01:21PM (#20319269)
The button says buy and purchase. Not rent or lease.

If it was honest and said that I suspect fewer people would buy them. Sorry, license them.

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Re:Microsoft's eBook Apocalypse Shows the Dark Side of DRM by techslave on Sunday June 30, 2019 @04:32PM (#20320323)
but you are buying. a license.
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Re:Microsoft's eBook Apocalypse Shows the Dark Side of DRM by thejenk on Sunday June 30, 2019 @05:36PM (#20320680)
The argument is that if you are buying a licence, the retailer is obligated to tell you you're buying a licence. Current advertising, shopping, and checkout flows instead communicate that you are buying an eBook.
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