$5 billion class action suit over Apple’s ebook licensing is based on false premises

A new lawsuit demanding $5 billion in damages because of alleged false advertising over Apple Books lacks the understanding that digital books are licensed and not owned.

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Apple famously faced and lost a “very ugly” lawsuit in the earliest days of what was then called iBooks. That was a startling misreading of the law, but regardless, the suit made Apple pay out $450 million.

And now a law firm figures it can get 11 times that amount in another spurious case.

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