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Originally Posted by HarryT
It does in the sense that, if you lend someone a paper book that you've bought, then you are lending them the original item. You're doing the same thing if you lend them your physical e-book reader with an eBook on it. If, however, you make a copy of an eBook and "lend" them that, then you are violating copyright law by making an unauthorised copy. It would be like lending a friend a photocopy of a paper book - something which I think that everyone would agree is a copyright violation. You are permitted to make photocopies, but only for personal use.
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That's standard copyright law, it has nothing to do with digital vs physical. You can not distribute copies, it doesn't matter if they are physical copies or digital copies.
As Elfwreck says, the medium doesn't matter.
However, this discussion has nothing to do with distributing copies of eBooks. We're talking about selling the original, which should be legal. Again, the medium doesn't matter.