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Originally Posted by leaston
How could anyone prove, or even rightly assume, that lending my friend a book would cause the loss of a sale?? It's a big, and totally incorrect assumption that they'd have purchased a copy anyway. I go back to my original point that if anything, my lending is more likely to create future sales.
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No, it isn't. If you go on "lending" books (ie illegally copying them - it's not "lending" at all), at some point it's absolutely inevitable that you will give someone a book that they would otherwise have bought.
The "it's good publicity for the author" argument is fundamentally flawed. If the author wants to give away free copies of their work, that is
their decision to take. You do not have the right to take that decision on their behalf.