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Originally Posted by jswinden
But with digital eBook (or music) it becomes a sticky point of contention because you are basically only buying the right to read/view/listen to your digital media. You are not buying a physical copy and technically don't own the digital media.
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I almost agree. Amazon is selling the right to read the book. I'm buying the book. I'm sure Amazon disagrees and I'm sure a judge and jury would disagree. But when I pay for a book I feel like it's mine and I'm the one who gets to decide that.
I'm perfectly willing to respect Amazon's and the publisher's and the author's right to make money. In fact when I lend a book I lend it on an old Kindle so this doesn't really apply to me at the moment. But when my friends and family have Kindles of their own it could very well apply.
Sharing books with friends and family is a good thing and some silly paranoid and unenforceable law doesn't change that for me. It's what civilized people do.
Barry