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Originally Posted by garygibsonsf
The following scenario crossed my mind: I buy an ebook and download it directly to a memory card plugged into my Sony Reader. I then make a backup copy on my own computer, but the original file remains on the card. I then loan the card - containing the actual file I purchased - to a friend so that he can read the book. He now has the original book I purchased - not a copy of it. I have loaned it, but I have not copied it - at least, not for him.
The language of the T&C specifically states you cannot distribute a book using electronic means. 'Distribution' implies many copies. A single, original, purchased file, even if not copied for backup, then might - or so I speculate - be legally loaned to someone else.
Is there anything I missed?
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You don't even have to make a backup copy. You load that book onto your memory card. You then loan that memory card out to a friend and you donwload it again, from the same store... You haven't even made a copy in that case...