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Originally Posted by JSWolf
The problem with selling an eBook is that yes, I can take some eBooks I own, put them on CD, sell them, and not have a single copy on my computer. But guess what? I can log back onto say Fictionwise or BooksOnBoard and download them all over again. Nothing to stop me from doing that.
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Nothing stops you from taking a hard-copy book you have, and using your home print/scan/copy device to make an extra copy of it & give that away, either. Ability to do something is not the same as the activity itself.
Yes, it's *easy* to acquire unauthorized copies of digital material. (I believe this is a feature, not a bug, but that's a separate issue.) However, that ease doesn't remove one's basic right to choose how to use a legitimate copy.
I'm aware that "share with another person" is against some TOS's of ebook creators--I'm just pointing out that it's not a violation of copyright law to do so.