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There is a difference between what pirates and hackers "can" do and what is actually right which we are discussing here.
It seems that it comes down this - electronic versions are inherently different than paper versions. You can hand your paper version of something to another person. To lend someone your electronic version you must break the copyright rules to do so. Even if your intent is to copy the work to a medium then immediately delete it from it's previous location you have broken the rules by having in your possession momentarily 2 copies when you had only paid for one copy in the first place. The only way around that is to initially obtain the electronic version onto a storage medium and lend your original storage medium which defeats the flexibility of the electronic medium partially.
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