Ah, well. You certainly sounded like one. 
But to get back on topic, copyright is exactly what it says: the right to make copies. When you buy a medium like a CD, you do not buy a license to the music contained therein, you bought a copy. You have the right to do with that copy as you please, even sell that CD at a flea market. This “fair use” doctrine is established by legal precedent in the USA, though it is murkier in other countries.
The e-Book issue is murkier, as you buy a copy of the book. The provider of that copy however tries to make this seem like a “license” by tying it into the reader software - had the original blog post author not updated his iOS app for Google Play, his books would have still been available. The most important point in this case was how Google’s “help” service made a bad experience even worse, and if they are lending, then Google needs to stop calling it a “purchase”.
