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Comment by xn

16 days ago

Yes. If I have a 5-year lease on a building, I can sublease it to you for 5 years, but I can't offer to sell it to you.

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smallmancontrov  16 days ago

I like the idea of making the digital libraries call it "subleasing" if you don't own it and making them support ongoing access if they want a button that says "buy."

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