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Originally Posted by kennyc
Legal according to Amazon or Adobe but legal according to copyright? Hmmm??? Interesting thought.
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The lending schemes both prevent you from reading a book while it is being loaned out, IIRC. Same as lending a paper book.
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Originally Posted by kennyc
There you go again giggles. Yes, you clearly know in most cases whether you are accepting stolen property or not. It up to you to have the ethical fortitude to do the right thing.
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You MIGHT be accepting text in violation of copyright. But unless the owner no longer has access to it, you are not accepting stolen property.
Copyright violation is wrong. It might cost the copyright holder some money (at least in potential earnings.) But it is not theft.
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Originally Posted by kennyc
Anything else is ridiculous and will result in the destruction of society.
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Nonsense. Society's destruction, if it is to come to pass, will not be as the result of a handful of people who share files illegally.