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Originally Posted by HarryT
There's certainly that, but the primary reason I consider it unethical is the fact that Kindle books are licensed for your use, not the use of your circle of friends. What can or can't be done with a paper book doesn't really enter into it. Do you regard it as ok to share your ebook library with your friends?
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I don't think it's unethical because Amazon explicitly allows it. The seller, who is who my "contract" resides with, allows it. Since the seller allows it, I have to believe that the publisher also allows it.
To be clear, I am *not* allowing anyone else access to my ebook files, only to the use of a Kindle registered to my account. They don't have access to login and download books directly from the Amazon website, nor can they install and use Kindle for PC for my account. They have use of the device, and the books that are explicitly loaded onto the device.
Yes...in theory, they could install some tools that could remove the DRM from the files that are on the Kindle and keep them that way. In reality, the people that are using Kindles attached to my account are, for the most part, doing it because they don't even know how to order books for themselves from Amazon. I have no fears that they will be able to pull the books off of the Kindle.
Shari