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Originally Posted by barryem
If you loan a paperback book to your friend the author has lost a sale.
If you pass your newspaper to someone when you're done with it the publisher has lost a sale.
When you share your house with your wife some a builder has lost a sale.
When you handed down an old shirt to your younger brother the clothing industry lost a sale.
Barry
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But when you loan the book to your friend, you and he can't read it simultaneously; when you give your brother a shirt, you and he can't wear it at the same time. With the e book you are creating another copy of the book and giving that copy to your friend - both you and your friend now have the book. That's the fundamental difference. Two people now have the book when previously only one person did.