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Re:Major book publishers sue Amazon’s Audible over new speec... by cortesoft on Monday August 26, 2019 @04:09PM (#20803235)
My point was just that it isn't as simple to say "the seller put this restriction on the transaction, take it or leave it"

There are limits to what they can restrict.

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Re:Major book publishers sue Amazon’s Audible over new speec... by gamblor956 on Monday August 26, 2019 @06:55PM (#20804545)
There are limits to what they can restrict.

Yes, the limitations can't violate criminal or contract law (or other laws in general), and can't completely prevent the licensee from making use of the licensing rights they paid for. Otherwise, any restrictions are fair game.

If the putative licensee doesn't want to accept the restrictions in the license, their remedy is to not enter into a licensing agreement in the first place; they have no right to simply ignore the license restrictions.

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