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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
If I download the books onto a flash drive after purchase, that's a legitimate, authorized copy. If I then sell the flash drive, I haven't made any unauthorized copies.
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Yes, you have - it becomes unauthorised as soon as you sell it; it's no longer YOUR copy but someone else's, and that someone else is not authorised to possess it. It's no different to buying a piece of software, and making a backup copy of it. You haven't broken any laws by doing that, but you DO break the law as soon as you pass that "backup" copy on to somebody else.