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Originally Posted by Elfwreck
That's their problem. If I sell my house but the bank refuses to take away my copies of the keys, that doesn't mean I'm guilty of breaking & entering by keeping them. It's illegal for me to re-download a book once I've given it away; it's not illegal for me to have the *ability* to download it again. (Storing a book next to a photocopy machine is not a violation of copyright. Having access to a collection of files it's illegal to download is not a crime.)
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With the very greatest respect, I have to disagree with you. The breach of copyright occurs at the point that you give the book away, because by doing that you've created an unauthorised copy. It doesn't matter what you subsequently do; the copy you've given away is unauthorised.