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Old 04-04-2011, 08:22 AM   #20
EowynCarter
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Originally Posted by HarryT View Post
No. Copyright law would do that.

If you lend a paper book to your friend, there is only one book, and it's being transferred from you to your friend. That's absolutely fine.

If you give them a copy of an eBook, there are now two copies where previously there was only one. You have broken copyright law, unless you have the permission of the copyright holder to make the additional copy.

The two scenarios are completely different.
Yeap. On the other hand, i gave no book to my sister. Mainly because our taste in books are different enough.
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