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Old 10-16-2014, 05:34 PM   #274
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I am against piracy, Jon. "Lending" a book to all your mates is piracy. Format conversion hurts nobody.

Hope that clarifies it for you.
You say it is against T&C to lend an eBook even if it has the DRM and is on the device and the device is also lent. According to Amazon, the T&C says it's not OK to format shift. So both are against terms and conditions. So why is it OK to violate one set of terms and not another? Why is it OK to pick and chose which T&C you will follow?

To me, if Amazon wanted me not to format shift, then sell me ePub directly. But to be honest, format shifting is going on because most eBooks Amazon sells were ePub format shifted to Mobi/KF8.
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