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Truly speaking, you do not own the information on the pages, only the paper and binding upon which it is printed. I cannot be sure, but I suspect blanking the pages of your book if the license was revoked or fraudulent would be in keeping with both copyright and property law.

We just get the feeling that we own both the object and the information because it is so much more difficult to separate the two than with digital media.



blanking the pages of your book if the license was revoked

Courts in the US would not recognize attempts at such revocations or demands to do this as reasonable or sane. Promise.




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