The definition of "you" is the pertinent issue.
Amazon can "share" with Kindle... if they choose to ... and with
regard to publishing rights and if you have paid up on your
subscription. The user owns nothing but the device I believe.
This kind of "rent a book" makes sharing with others a matter of lending
them your Kindle etc... ...
Not exactly the user friendly "pass the old paperback" around definition
of sharing...
db
Myers, Jeffrey wrote:
Perhaps because with e-books, you can distribute, share, etc. with
thousands of people very easily?
Jeff Myers
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Piwowar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2008 8:57 AM
Subject: Re: ebook readers
When I finish reading my book, I give it to someone else, and
pick up another.
Many small hotels, inns, apartments outside the US have
a library where you leave your finished books and pick up one you like.
Our local public library [Cecil County, MD] has a free magazine
exchange
and used paperback books for 10-25 cents.
I trade paperback books with other readers.
I couldn't miss the contrast of books vs. software. Doing any of the
above with software would be criminal. Should doing these things with an
book, just because it has been converted to software, suddenly be
criminal too? The fundamental nature of the book has not really changed
by making it an eBook, so why should different rules apply?
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