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Originally Posted by Joykins
Most DRM schemes/TOS allow for limited sharing, the kinds households would expect to do, by allowing multiple devices to link to an account.
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Can you name any that specifically say it's okay if other people own & use those devices? Because all the ones I've seen say that the books are sold (or "licensed," although that's yet to be tested in court) for a single person only.
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And there is nothing that says you can't lend the book when it's on a reader.
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Fictionwise says: "You may download eBooks that you have bought for your personal use, but may not distribute them to other people using email, floppy, or
any other method." (Emphasis added.) Smashwords says, "Smashwords books are licensed for your personal reading enjoyment only, so you are not legally allowed to copy, share, or email the book to others".
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I've actually participated in a number of discussions on "how can I share (part of) my kindle/nook library with my child" that do not require any circumventing of DRM.
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But they do involve ignoring the TOS or EULA.
No wonder children grow up thinking that anything they *can* easily do is acceptable; plenty of people tell them, "yes, those are the rules as written, but that part is stupid; just ignore it." (I believe that part is stupid, and I tell my kids to ignore it. I've been telling my kids which part of online TOS's we're going to ignore for over ten years--I'm perfectly capable of deciding what sites are too adult for my kids and I'll take responsibility for any mistakes they make on sites that require people to be able to enter a legal contract to join--like Google.)