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Originally Posted by MikeOxlittle
I see there being no difference between what you propose and giving a physical copy of a book to a friend as you're deleting your original copy. Perfectly fine in my opinion.
<cue the Copyright Crusaders in 3, 2, 1 ......>
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I don't know if it's technically "legal", but morally, I don't see anything wrong with it.
I've done that with printed books I've bought and then realized i hated, but someone else wanted it so badly they'd give their teeth for it. So if the original ebook is deleted, the end result is no different than a printed book.
The only difference is obvious, that with an e-book, a copy is retained by default unless the original owner deletes it. The only reason it wouldn't be legal is the fact that nobody would trust the original purchaser to actually delete it.
That's largely why I buy printed books, nobody cares who i hand it to because no "copy" is made when I hand it to someone. A single copy can change 50 hands and then they can give it back to me, and then on top of that I can
STILL sell it or donate it permanently. Printed books are a better investment IMO and I wish there were no grey areas with e-books.