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Originally Posted by HarryT
Sorry, I didn't make myself clear. I completely agree that the copy you've made on your memory card is entirely legal - for you. But it becomes illegal when you give it to somebody else.
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Why? No unauthorized copy has been made.
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Just as it's fine to make a backup copy of a computer program that you've bought, but you can't then give that copy to another person.
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I wasn't talking about "backup"--if the only copy I have is on a memory card, why can't I give the physical medium to someone else?
... Can I loan the ereader itself to someone else? Can I give it away with books on it? (Possibly, not if those books are also on my computer, but again, we're at "I have access; that's not the same as having used them.")
I am firmly rejecting any notion of ebook law that claims it's illegal for my spouse and children to read books I've purchased. I am wary of claims that it's illegal for me to hand my ereader to a coworker to read a short story at lunch. (And, by extrapolation, "you're going to camping over the weekend? Here, take my reader; the batteries should last until Tuesday.") Any system for sorting out what behaviors are and aren't allowed with digital content are going to have to consider those situations.