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Originally Posted by HarryT
Some devices already permit this, of course. Eg with a Kindle you can share books between any devices registered to the same Amazon account, and also share books between family members using different accounts. As you rightly say, it's unrealistic to expect that books won't be shared between family members, and much better if (as Amazon have done) a legitimate method is provided for doing so.
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This is not what the copyright says.
However, Amazon has bought the licences, and does this under its current conditions. That is a trap, of course, since anyone that breaks the contract automatically enters under the more restrictive copyright terms - in other words if breaking a contract is not unlawful, the breaking of a law is. Beware
Secondly, this may also be a marketing strategy. Amazon is almost a monopole, but some competition still exists. I wonder what will happen after the competition has been crushed. Examples are known from the past
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