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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 unauthorized 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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But, if I lend my Reader, I am lending a COPY. The original is on my hard drive someplace. What's on the reader is not the original. And I'm not about to go deleting books from my computer just so I can let someone else read. I do let my wife and mother-in-law read the books I have if they want. I feel it's no different then loaning the pBook.