“Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider.”
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Because users receive a license rather than ownership, their rights over Kindle Content are limited to what the license permits and can be revoked or constrained in ways ownership would not allow.
Readers do not own Kindle Content they pay for; they hold only the rights granted by the Content Provider's license.
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"Kindle Content is licensed, not sold, to you by the Content Provider.Excerpt from Kindle's Store Terms of Use
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Because users receive a license rather than ownership, their rights over Kindle Content are limited to what the license permits and can be revoked or constrained in ways ownership would not allow.
Readers do not own Kindle Content they pay for; they hold only the rights granted by the Content Provider's license.
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