Thread: Loaning E-Books
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Old 05-29-2023, 07:00 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
It's OK to loan an eBook when you know that the person you are lending to won't be giving it to anyone else.
Why would you expect them to be more moral than you've already shown yourself to be?

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Originally Posted by Quoth View Post
Loan the ereader?
Any other sort of "loan" is a copy outside of your control, no matter how much you trust the person.

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Again, you can't loan except you loan the hardware. A copy is a copy.
Yep.

I don't care what people do and I figure most of us have engaged in some dodgy digital practice, but it's hard to think of a legitimate justification. No one needs digital books.
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