My public library always has a "free" set of shelves with free books donated by others. They are mostly paperbacks and often have some good titles.
(Often they are books of a few years ago, very worthwhile reads, and not available as e-books because the publisher can't be bothered to go to the trouble.)
If I take one of these and read it, and then pass it on, am I not violating the copyright so jealously guarded by the publisher? How is it different from being an e-book?
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