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Originally Posted by pdurrant
You are both wrong. Doing so is illegal.
When you sign up with Kobo, you agree to their terms and conditions. Break those conditions and your license to read the book is no longer valid.
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I asked Kobo about this back in 2012.
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I called Amazon's Kindle support a couple of times, most recently about 3 years ago, to ask this very question. I'm very careful with my Amazon account and I don't want to get in trouble with them so I call them when I find myself doing something questionable. Unlike you I didn't keep a transcript. Mine was a voice call to Kindle support in the USA.
I asked if it was okay to buy a spare Kindle to use to loan books to my neighbors in my retirement home. Both times I was told by Kindle support that Amazon has no objection and that they're aware that a lot of people do this.
I don't know how Amazon feels about this in other countries or how other sellers feel about it but here in the USA at least it's okay.
I'm pretty sure it is actually a violation of their TOS but often those terms are there in case they're needed, not for everyday use. My guess is that this is an example of that. Probably if I bought a million Kindles and started sending them out to everyone in the state with lots of books on them I'd find myself in court.
Barry