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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel
i still don't see how this would be theft. it may be a violation of amazon's tos or something similar, but if the book is actually paid for, never copied or distributed other than to the person who paid for it, how is that theft OR copyright infringement ???
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Zeep ... we're talking about two different situations.
The one that is illegal is if Y owns a Kindle and X does not. X pays Y to send him AZW files that Y owns so that he can break the DRM and read them on his device. Since Y would be violating the terms of his license his actions would constitute theft in the same way that peer to peer file sharing can be considered theft (as well as breach of copyright).
If, on the other hand, X has paid Amazon for a book that he/she for some odd reason cannot download, and Y decides to send the book to X for his or her use (assume it is one of the six licenses that Y holds), then it is unlikely that it could be considered theft since both parties X and Y have paid Amazon for a license for that book. Amazon has not been deprived of what it would have otherwise received.
But ... if the tos say that you are paying for six licenses on a single account, and you take it on yourself to transfer one to another account such that Amazon loses money on the transaction ... that is actually theft as well as a violation of tos. I mean, assuming your intent is to save some money.