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Originally Posted by BookCat
But surely this is just the electronic equivalent of giving a paperback to a friend, provided no profit is made from it and that it's not done on a large scale eg. torenting?
I've often given dtb's to friends, why not ebooks? I've paid for them after all.
Maybe I'm thick, but I don't see the difference between the gift of a paperback and that of an ebook.
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All true if you don't keep a copy and the ebook retailer doesn't offer ability to download again. So if bought on Amazon, Apple, Smashwords, Kobo etc
you can't actually give away your only copy, like a paper book, because you can't "destroy" your other copies unless you delete the account where you bought it.
Whether it's free or sold is irrelevant to how copyright works. If you pass on a copy, it must only be accessible to one person and nolonger ever accessible to yourself without a fresh purchase. That's how physical books, CDs, DVDs, Software on physical media, Vinyl etc all work. If you copy it (possible for free with a paperback by cutting off spine and scanning in sheet feeder), then you MUST destroy all your copies if passing it one as a gift or by reselling.