If ebooks were sold with licenses that were no more (and no less) restrictive than print books (i.e. the exact same license terms copyright law imposes on print books) the whole issue would be considerably easier (there would still be the issue of no warehousing costs, no printing costs and virtually no distribution costs for ebooks vs print books of course). (jlake.com)
The law followed now - familiar protests from traditional taxi firms, furious at the competition posed by services such as Uber, which do not adhere to the same licensing standards and can offer lower prices by having drivers bear the costs of their vehicles. (fortune.com)
The confusion results from the fact that states lump many types of distributors together in the same databases, using the same licensing forms. (cnbc.com)