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Originally Posted by HarryT
This is where I struggle. To you, 1 is "clearly fine" but 100 is "clearly wrong". I can't make that distinction: to me, if giving 100 people copies of a book is wrong, then so is giving one copy. I guess that this is a situation in which we all have to make our own judgement.
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Perhaps I can explain the distinction like this:
For a physical book, you have no problem with loaning a book you've bought and read to a friend. That's fine by you. Even if you go on to loan the book to 100 of your friends, one at a time, that's fine. I submit that this isn't because no copy is being made, but that because the number of simultaneous reads per purchase is never more than one.
Looking at it this way (number of simultaneous reads per purchase), giving a copy of an ebook that you have bought and read to one other person is fine. The number of simultaneous copies being read will never be more than one.
Giving a copy of an ebook that you have bought and read to 100 people is not fine. The number of simultaneous copies being read will almost certainly be more than one.
Any help?