Thread: A Question on ethics
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Old 08-09-2007, 03:16 PM   #181
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Originally Posted by slayda View Post
Another ethical, not legal, question.

Where is the difference between a paper book library lending books and a hypothetical ebook library lending books? With the former, you borrow the book, read it & return it. With my hypothetical ebook library, you download an electronic version, read it & erase it.

I admit that there is no practical way to ensure that you erase the book but most books I buy are of the "read once" variety. So if it were practical to ensure erasure after reading, what would the ethical difference be between the two types of library?
I believe there are now libraries which use a DRM with an expiration date to do exactly this.
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