Thread: Ethics and legalities of format shifting
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Old 01-04-2021, 01:19 PM   #237
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
I posted earlier on in this thread that John Scalzi was happy for his DRM free eBooks Redshirts to be loaned to a friend and even format shifted. That goes against Kobo's T&C. They say I cannot loan you a copy to read and the author says I can. I would say that the author trumps Kobo.
I have no problem with the lending of e-books, but this is a poor argument. The wishes of the author are irrelevant. If Scalzi tells his fans it is OK with him if they steal a copy from a bookstore that won't make it legal.
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