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Originally Posted by HarryT
Precisely because, as I said in my previous post, on the few occasions that I've lent people paper books (which I keep in a pristine condition) I've got them back in a shocking state, with creased spines, bent covers, etc. It's not a matter of being "lonely and disconnected" - it's a matter of experience teaching me that, much as I enjoy the company of my friends, they don't have the same respect for books that I do.
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You draw a conclusion based on an unrelated experience. How someone is treating a physical book has no relation to whether someone observes copyright laws. It's like saying, because my friend doesn't keep his car as clean as I do, I wouldn't trust lending my car to him because he is likely going to speed and kill a pedestrian on the way, and I would be morally responsible.
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And if I'm pirating the book by giving it to them in the first place, it's a bit hypocritical to ask them not to do the same, isn't it? One rule for me and a different one for them?
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Your argument is based on the assumption that by lending an eBook you're pirating the book, which is one topic of this discussion and I wager many people disagree with you. Maybe not apparent to you, but to many others there is a fundamental difference between acquiring copyright protected eBooks from a file sharing site, and lending a legitimately purchased eBook to a family member or close friend.