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Originally Posted by HarryT
It's the same for all digital goods. That's really the way it has to be - there's nothing physical to "own". Even when you buy a paper book, all that you own is the paper, glue, and ink; you don't own the contents of the book. You can't, for example, read it out loud in public.
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Actually, it's perfectly legal, for example, for a librarian to read a book to group of children in a library. As long as you're not charging people to hear you read, then it's legal.
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READING ALOUD
Reading aloud to your children or privately to someone else will never be illegal. What is illegal is reading someone else's work for profit without permission.
In other words, you can read A CAT IN THE HAT to your kids or a group of kids, but if you do that and charge admission without the permission of the Dr. Seuss' estate or publisher, it is illegal. It is also illegal to sell a copy of your reading if you do so without permission.
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