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Originally Posted by HarryT
My objection is that, even if you choose not to read the book again, you still possess it. You can simply re-download it from the bookstore's server. Choosing not to do so still doesn't change the fact that you still possess the book (or access to the book).
The "second-hand economy" really doesn't work for eBooks. The reason that second-hand books are cheap is that they degrade with repeated reading. An eBook does not. You could "hand on" your eBook to 20 people in turn, and every copy is identical to the original.
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There are many things you could do. Most of us can break the DRM on books, I do. That gives me plenty of chances at mischief. Either the person who deleted the book from their reader will redownload, in which case ask yourself why did they delete at all? Or they won't. Neither option reflects on the person who received the file in good faith but in technical violation of a license agreement.