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Old 09-20-2017, 09:45 PM   #6
rkomar
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Originally Posted by cromag View Post
If you lend your ereader to a friend with the book there is only one copy of the book, and you lose access to it while your friend has it.

If you strip DRM and give a copy to your friend there are two copies of the book. You both have access.
Well, you can keep multiple copies of the book yourself on several devices and/or apps. So, you don't necessarily lose access to an ebook when you lend a friend an ereader. All you lose is access to that ereader.

Edit: Oops! @ jhowell beat me to it while I was fussing over phrasing.
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