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Originally Posted by CyGuy
I have loaned family and friends books for many many years. The change from paper to electrons does not somehow make your rights disappear.
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Digital content does not have the same rights as a physical object. It is illegal to distribute copies of software, copies of purchased DVDs etc. Why should digital books be different.
You can legally sell or give away a physical copy of a book or a movie that you have purchased but you cannot legally make a copy of them and distribute that copy.
If you lend someone your device with the book on it you are not making a copy.
If you email someone a book you are making a copy.
If you put it on their device you are making a copy.
Deleting your own copy after the fact does not change the fact that that you have made and distributed a copy.
If the person has bought the book in an ugly edition and you give them a better edition for use on their own device, you have made a copy.
There is no provision in law for making a copy of copyright materials and lending/giving/selling them. A provision has been made to allow the sale of photocopiers etc. which gives a small sum to content owners in some countries, but this does not make copying/plagarism etc. legal.
The rights you speak of in terms of physical books have never allowed you to copy and distribute them and exist purely in your imagination.
Helen