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Old 01-23-2011, 04:29 PM   #66
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Originally Posted by Belle2Be View Post
So lending a paperbook is a breach of copyright? I see if you sell it it *could* be seen as a breach, but I don't really understand how lending isn't personal use? (Not being snarky, it seems you have a real understanding of how it works so I'm just picking your brain )
No, lending a paperback is absolutely fine. The problem with "lending" someone an ebook, though, is that you are making an unauthorised copy of the book in the process. That's where the copyright violation occurs. We're talking about ebooks here, not paper books.
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