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Originally Posted by Lynx-lynx
Ralph Sir Edward I think you've assumed that the material wasn't purchased in the first place.
I've been the first user of a new library book (on numerous occasions), and I've purchased paper books and ebooks some of which may have been loaned or sold on.
So, if the original ebook was passed on and then deleted it doesn't fit your scenario.
PS: thank you for the link!!  I shall endeavour to read soonish. |
I'm just saying with an analog (paper) copy, there is inherently only one copy being passed around. Only one person at a time can have it to read. And that copy was bought. (or if given away, it was done by the choice of the author.) With an e-book, there is no inherent erasure of the first purchased copy whenit it passed on. The original copy can be erased, but nothing in the technology requires it to be erased. If it is not, a new copy has been created for which the creator has not been paid.