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Originally Posted by JSWolf
As for sharing, I do share with some family. I know they don't keep the books and they don't share them. It's no different (IMHO) from my sharing a pBook with them.
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The important difference is that when you "share" an ebook, you're creating an additional copy of it. Two copies of the book now exist where there was only one before. Hence copyright law comes into play: does the licence grant you the right to make that copy? Most bookstores licence ebooks "for your personal use only", and hence the answer is "no". You can make as many copies as you want for your personal use, but you can't make copies to give to other people.