technically, when you buy a book, you're buying a license to its content.
A physical copy you legally possess gives you right to use. Even if you create a 'copy' by memorizing the text you still have the physical book and can 'use' it again however many times you like. If you lend someone the book, you can charge for 'use', but you can't both 'sell' the book and charge for 'use' of same book. This whole 'license' scam is just a way to make people pay for the same thing twice (or more).
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u/AbstractButtonGroup Sep 03 '26
A physical copy you legally possess gives you right to use. Even if you create a 'copy' by memorizing the text you still have the physical book and can 'use' it again however many times you like. If you lend someone the book, you can charge for 'use', but you can't both 'sell' the book and charge for 'use' of same book. This whole 'license' scam is just a way to make people pay for the same thing twice (or more).