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Originally Posted by danskmacabre
IMO of course I own the book, the paper and what's contained on it.
I DO think I should be legally allowed to GIVE an ebook to someone else, ensuring I then delete my copy of it.
However I appreciate in most cases those who GIVE an ebook to someone else is likely not going to delete their copy on an honesty basis. So Ebooks are a complicated issue.
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But that is just your opinion, our culture's ideas are an amalgamation of all opinions.
How often do you reread books? Besides the few that you reread on a regular basis? I imagine the percentage of books that are reread is statistically insignificant when compared to the number of books that are read. So theoretically, it shouldn't matter whether or not you delete "your" copy of the ebook. Most ebooks will simply languish in the recesses of a hard drive after one read. Is this forced imprisonment of an idea ethical? Doubtful, but of course we must think of the creator.