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Originally Posted by crich70
One point that occurs to me. If a book is available for free at a site like Smashwords is there any real difference between giving a friend a copy and just directing them to the link where they can download it themselves directly? I could see it being argued both ways on that one.
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There is no argument.
If you give a copy, you are violating copyright, unless the ebook itself was released under a licence that allows distributing it.
Send the link is ok, as your friend gets their own legitimate copy.