What Can We Learn from Barnes and Noble's Surprising Turnaround?

Re:What Can We Learn from Barnes and Noble's Surprising Turn... by pbhjpbhj on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @07:11PM (#34167804)

If they sell you the digital copy, you own it.

If it says "license" on the button rather than buy then find another store...

This is not legal advice and is my own personal opinion.

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Re:What Can We Learn from Barnes and Noble's Surprising Turn... by alwayslikethis on Wednesday December 28, 2022 @08:25PM (#34168375)

On a related note, there ought to be a law that forbids the use of "BUY", "GET", or "PURCHASE" for things you would not in fact own. Instead, they should say "SUBSCRIBE" or "LICENSE".

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Re:What Can We Learn from Barnes and Noble's Surprising Turn... by ncallaway on Thursday December 29, 2022 @12:39AM (#34169889)

I would also accept “RENT” or Long Term Rental

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Re:What Can We Learn from Barnes and Noble's Surprising Turn... by alwayslikethis on Thursday December 29, 2022 @01:10AM (#34170055)

Those should be for licenses with an end date. "Subscribe" and "license" don't really imply there being a definite end date to your access, but nevertheless informs you that your access is contingent upon the continued existence of the business in question, unlike things you "buy".

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Re:What Can We Learn from Barnes and Noble's Surprising Turn... by dotancohen on Thursday December 29, 2022 @06:35AM (#34171630)

To what bodies have you proposed such a law? I'm in total agreement with you.

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