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Originally Posted by KNI
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?
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No, because you're not making an additional copy of the book. That's what the word "copyright" means - it gives you the
right to determine who can
copy the book.
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How is it different from being an e-book?
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When you give someone a copy of an eBook, you are creating additional copies which did not previously exist. Hence copyright law does come into play.