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Originally Posted by darylbrayman
Now, let’s assume I bought the same book in a digital form. After reading it, what are my options? I can loan it to my wife as we share a Sony bookstore account, assuming I bought it at the Sony store. Could I loan it to my son? No because I can only authorize six devices. My wife and I each have a reader, a couple of computers, etc… I can’t afford to waste my authorizations on mere family members.
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But there is a fundamental different here between the paper and the eBook. When you "loan" your son the paper book, he has the only copy of it. You can no longer read it. In order to "loan" your son the eBook, you'd have to make a copy, so there would then be TWO copies in existence - the one that you have, and the one that your son has. You've copied the book, and broken copyright law. THAT is why you're not allowed to do it. If you want to loan your son your reading device, with the book on it, that's absolutely fine.