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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives
Maybe my searching skills are lacking, but I couldn't find another thread on this topic, which is why I created this one. I have never attempted to loan an e-book to anybody, and I was curious as to whether MR users would approve or disapprove of doing so. As Quoth pointed out, e-books are a new invention, and we're still trying to figure out what the parameters are for handling them correctly.
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No worries. But we've been trying to "figure that out" since I've been here. I'm tired of discussing the the "morality" of ebook lending. I'm tired of any conversation about ebooks that starts from a baseline of assuming that all post-purchase practices done with pbooks can (and presumably should) be able to be adapted to ebooks.
It is my position that the casual sharing of copyrighted ebooks (done by any home-brewed method that creates additional copies of said ebooks that subsequently leave your possession) is copyright violation. Period.
I don't think it's the end of the world. I don't think it's a high crime. But I do tire of people using irrelevant comparisons to the loaning/selling of pbooks to defend the practice.