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Originally Posted by HarryT
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.
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B&N has an interesting approach with the Nook's book-lending capabilities. When you load a book, it disappears from your collection for the time of the loan. If e-books ever become standardized in their formats, how would you feel about this approach being extended to include all ereaders, not just the Nook? Such an approach could even be used to sell or give away individual copies.