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Originally Posted by leaston
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?
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No, you aren't. You can create as many copies as you wish for personal use - that is implicit in the sale.
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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?
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They aren't "stealing the book", but if, for example, your contract with the bookstore says (as most of them do) that the content is licensed
for your personal use only, then your aunt, mum, or friend, are
not licensed to read the book. But I very, very seriously doubt that anyone is going to either know or care!