Unlike mp3's, ebooks are not really catching on that quickly. Borders, B&N, etc. don't have to worry about much, mostly everyone still reads hard copy books. Licensing IP is common with business but I don't think the public will understand it and/or accept it. Most people are use to buying something and owning it.

New Jersey courts are so boring. We don't have any protests over a statue, monument, etc, and we don't have anything like this. You'd think we could at least get a monument to political corruption or smokestacks?