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Originally Posted by Hellmark
Ethically or morally, that's fine. BUT legally, it isn't. The book is registered to your account, so you technically still own it, and could theoretically redownload it. If you could transfer the registration to your friend, then it would all be kosher (especially because then you wouldn't be stripping DRM, which may or may not be legal where you live).
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I think you might have that backwards, it is perfectly legal to transfer property to another (first sale rights), but it might not be moral or ethical behavior, the creator is not compensated...
We shouldn't be concerned with whether or not someone still has the capability to download an ebook from their Amazon et al. account after they transfer the ebook to another. Downloading the book again after you have transferred it is piracy, just as downloading the book without paying the creator is piracy, just like reading the book without compensating the creator is piracy.
Meaning that if you have read a book that you did not pay for and that has already been read by another, you are a pirate PLAIN AND SIMPLE. Although we can make allowances, for instance if the ebook you were given was only half read, because the original reader did not care for it and decided to pass it on to you, in this case you are not a pirate. But if the ebook was thoroughly enjoyed and then passed on to you and you read the book and thoroughly enjoy it as well and do not attempt to compensate the creator, well then you are a pirate PLAIN AND SIMPLE.
We have moved beyond piracy then, seeing as how we are all pirates.