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CyGuy · 02-22-2012, 11:59 AM

Sharing a book with a family member (or even a close friend) comes at the discretion of the purchaser, NOT the seller/publisher/agent/author. If the purchaser was to start selling copies or uploading the files to the Internet then there is a valid complaint.

This whole pay-per-read is just so much nonsense.

If one member of a family purchases an ebook why in the world would they purchase copy 2 and copy 3 in order to loan it to another family member to read? That is simply illogical, it just does not add up. How can something so simple and so obvious be lost on so many? Has common sense gone the way of the Dodo? Are we destined to be a country of the corp, by the corp, and for the corp? Seriously, where did everyone go?

02-22-2012, 11:59 AM	#81
CyGuy Avid Reader Posts: 769 Karma: 7777778 Join Date: Aug 2009 Device: PocketBook 902, Galaxy Tab 2 7.0, ASUS TF700, and Cybook Gen III	Sharing a book with a family member (or even a close friend) comes at the discretion of the purchaser, NOT the seller/publisher/agent/author. If the purchaser was to start selling copies or uploading the files to the Internet then there is a valid complaint. This whole pay-per-read is just so much nonsense. If one member of a family purchases an ebook why in the world would they purchase copy 2 and copy 3 in order to loan it to another family member to read? That is simply illogical, it just does not add up. How can something so simple and so obvious be lost on so many? Has common sense gone the way of the Dodo? Are we destined to be a country of the corp, by the corp, and for the corp? Seriously, where did everyone go? Last edited by CyGuy; 02-22-2012 at 01:16 PM.