You’re right. The answer to whether they could be sued for this is obviously yes, because they have been, and Amazon won.
I got sidetracked. Really, my only argument is that that your theatre comparison is flawed.
I got sidetracked. Really, my only argument is that that your theatre comparison is flawed.
Exactly. And because this conversation started because someone was asking about suing them, what you can argue in court is what matters for this thread.
I don’t agree with what Amazon is doing and thus don’t buy DRM ebooks from them, but that’s beside the point of the argument.
> I wouldn’t be confident in court
Which was my argument. Everything else you added were tangential arguments no one was refuting in the first place.
> but I would be confident that most users expect that ebooks they “bought” in the past could be viewed on their new Kobo eBook reader.
You think most people who buy books for ereaders expect that when they buy a book for Kindle, they can just load it up on their Kobo? I wouldn’t be that confident without a survey, but I would welcome seeing one.
People don’t seem to have trouble understanding that when you buy an app on iOS, that doesn’t work on Android, and vice-versa. It is plausible they might have the same intuitive understanding regarding the Kindle and Kobo stores.