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Originally Posted by HarryT
Regarding the first point: I would say that it is your responsibility to ensure that your books are safely stored in a place where they cannot be copied, but if you upload your books to a reputable Cloud service (Dropbox, etc - not the sites run by criminals) and that site is then hacked, you're in the clear.
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I would not want any law to mandate such a responsibility. I lock my doors because it's prudent, not because some court will punish me. My responsibility should be to refrain from intentionally distributing copies.
If I leave my Kindle on a bus, that's unfortunate. I would hope I'd get it back. I would hope that the books on it didn't get uploaded to the internet. I shouldn't be in breach of some duty to protect the intellectual property rights of the publishers and authors of those books.