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Originally Posted by Steve Jordan
I see e-books as being more akin to broadcasts of a television program: While not a tangible object, per se, it still represents a specific, copywritten and protected work, and those who access them are still limited by law to what they are allowed to do with them--for instance, I cannot tape an episode of "Lost," then charge people to come to a private venue and watch those episodes, nor to make multiple copies of that tape and give them away, even for free... those uses are, by U.S. definition, illegal.
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Now you are hitting a nerve with me. As you compare e-books with episodes: I am allowed to record the episode, lend the vhs-tape to relatives & family (without charging an admission fee), transform the vhs-tape to DVD or DivX, remove / fast forward commercials .
As most broadcasted tv-shows become legally available on DVD after each tv-season, does that make the privately created recordings (and transformations) suddenly illegal???