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Originally Posted by JSWolf
But, look at it like this.. if you email me an eBook you've purchased, a copy has just been made. Now I have a copy and you have a copy. But if you delete your copy, then only I have a copy and that should be legal. But if I tell you I've finished reading and have deleted it from my reader and computer, do you know for sure I have? If I have not, then by your redownloading it, you've just broken the law. If this was a pBook, there would be only one copy and that's legal to loan out. I know you should be able to loan out an eBook. But you still have the ability to download it again if you originally purchased it. Nothing to stop you even when you know I've not yet finished reading it and still have it.
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A good example of why the "physical matter" model simply does not work for e-books, and neither does any copyright or "fair use" statute designed to deal with physical matter. The "physical matter" model was imposed on e-books by the literature industry, because that was the only model they knew. They (and we) need to get outside of that box and work with a different model... either the broadcast media model I've suggested in the past, the software model others have suggested, or a new model altogether. Only in that way can we ascertain a "fair use" model that will be practical and workable.