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All these complaints about it being wrong/immoral/illegal or whatever when lending ebooks to others has me wondering...What's the ruling on me lending myself copies? For example, I buy a book online and want the option of reading it on my tablet, phone and ebook readers (Kobo and Kindle). That potentially means I need 4 copies of said book. Irrespective of whether it's got a watermark or DRM, am I breaking copyright by putting it (via whatever means) onto each device, despite only having bought/rented/leased one copy?
Also, what about my aunt, mum, friend who visits my home, who may pick up my ebook reader and read one of the books I have installed? Am I at fault for leaving the ereader in the open for anyone to peruse? Are they stealing the book because they haven't bought it?
The mind really does boggle!
Should I therefore be emailing the publisher to inform them of my misdeeds? To me, the argument has almost become this farcical at times in this thread.
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