[Joykins]

Originally Posted by Elfwreck

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.

No, I never read those things unless driven to (as now) by curiosity. If real life were like South Park, I'd be a human centipede by now

But they do involve ignoring the TOS or EULA.

Hm, on the B&N site:

In your use of your NOOK or the Service, you may not: (i) transfer the Digital Content from one electronic reading device to another without maintaining the applicable digital rights management solution for that Digital Content; (ii) infringe, violate, or interfere with any patent, trademark, trade secret, copyright, right of publicity or any other right of any party; (iii) violate any law, rule or regulation, including, without limitation, U.S. export control laws; (iv) copy, transfer, sublicense, assign, rent, lease, lend, resell or in any way transfer any rights to all or any portion of the Digital Content to any third party, except in connection with the normal use of the lending feature available through the Service, or as expressly permitted by the Terms of Use or applicable third-party license agreement; (v) broadcast, transmit or distribute the Digital Content in any manner, such as online streaming or making the Digital Content available for download; (vi) interfere with or damage the Service, including, without limitation, through the use of viruses, cancel bots, Trojan horses, harmful code, flood pings, denial of service attacks, packet or IP spoofing, forged routing or electronic mail address information or similar methods or technology; (vii) violate any third-party contract or policy governing the Service, Software or Digital Content; (viii) open, modify, service or tamper with your NOOK; (ix) engage in any activity that interferes with any third party's ability to use or enjoy the Service; (x) delete, destroy or alter in any manner the proprietary rights notices, markings and legends appearing on your NOOK, or the Digital Content, Software or Service; or (xi) assist or encourage any third party in engaging in any activity prohibited by this Agreement.

Interestingly enough I've seen notices like this: "You are not legally allowed to copy, share, or email the book to others" inside books that are part of the lending program. I suppose they are just following Jesus's commandment from Matt. 6:3 ("But when you give to the needy, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing"). It certainly is difficult to know what to do as the end user. Of course, I have also purchased several ebooks with this notice in the front matter:

The sale of this book without its cover is unauthorized. If you purchased this book without a cover, you should be aware that it was reported to the publisher as "unsold and destroyed." Neither the author nor the publisher has received payment for the sale of this "stripped book."