No, it is not a joke, a couple of days ago a new law was approved in Germany by which as of June 13, All ebook merchants will have the obligation to establish a period of 14 days so that the client can return the ebook if he wants. Of course it is a surprising law and although there is a couple of months to go into effect, it will be news that will bring a lot of tail to European countries. In the first place, for establishing the trial period and admitting returns of ebooks in the Legislative Code of the country; secondly, because it establishes a period of 14 days for a very ephemeral product when many less perishable products have fewer days.
Now, not all the forest is oregano, the German government has approved along with this law a rule by which the seller will not have the obligation to specify this right or even to modify it after acceptance by the customerWhat is more, the seller is almost obliged to «to convince»To the client so that he does not accept the return money, a path open to all kinds of mischief that will surely bring more than one bizarre news.
14 days long or short?
In general, the user is always supported, the reader who buys very expensive for very poor or basic readings, however, in this case I have to defend the bookseller or merchants who sell ebooks: it is a nonsensical law or to attract attention , to the purest wert style where the news prevails more than the interests of all. 14 days is an exaggerated period of time, although it is true that the legislation on the return of ebooks is a success, the period of 14 days will cause a person to read an ebook in 12 days, return it and obtain the ebook and the money, without taking into account that many ebooks can be copied and even done in hours, so that in the same day, several books could be pirated for less than 10 euros, causing damage estimated in millions of euros.
As I said, the return policy is a great success, but a period of 14 days is a great mistake. I hope that before June, this point will be modified. We will now see how all this comes to Spain, Will we have the same period of time or will this law not be accepted? Now that comes Book's dayWill anyone talk about this at the Book Fairs or will everyone shut up? What is your opinion?
I think that this law of is an absurdity that freaks out.
I know a trick to copy whole books that have a limit of words copied in less than 10 minutes. I have already bought more than 20 books with an approximate value of € 250 and they have come out completely FREE. I am surprised that this trick does not come out on Google because it is quite simple to be honest.
And if they put 7 days, you can buy it this week in one store, return it, and buy it in another then, returning it too. For the one who wants to cheat, there is no deadline to fix it.