Speaker Geeks! discussion

NO i dont... its the same as sharing books. If one person has bought an ebook, and then is willing to give a copy to their friend... then its just like buying a book and then letting ur friend read it.

If sharing an ebook is stealing, then that would make libraries blackmarkets

yup. hahaha well said.

Sasha Ivashkov-Herondale wrote: "NO i dont... its the same as sharing books. If one person has bought an ebook, and then is willing to give a copy to their friend... then its just like buying a book and then letting ur friend read..."

I agree. It's the same with letting a friend watch a movie or play a game that you bought.

No it's not illegal unless you try to earn money from it by renting or selling. That's why torrents still exist; but their existence is wobbly as many do sell or rent them...

Sharing is part of being a human being. To me. It makes no difference whether you share an e-book or an old fashioned book. The only thing I say when I lend someone a book is not to bend it by the spine but that won't apply to e-books so sharing them may be easier.

I think it should be irrelevant how many people can read it at once. You could share one book with five people over time, it's the same thing. If the people live together you could even go as far as to give everyone a different colored bookmark so they could share the book.

Maybe it was an advanced copy? If it was, then it would be understandable why it couldn't be shared

Lia wrote: "No, it was a purchase from Smashwords."

Oh.. well then.. Maybe they just put it up there even though they know that people will just ignore it and share it anyway
Just to keep it all official and stuff
I mean, how will authors get known if books weren't shared?

I lived with ebooks and i love pirating and stuffs. Reading is my life as well as pirating. I just loved it FREE BUWAhAHAHAHAHA. Does that mean i'm evil?
Well i buy books that i love but you don't know how much i read, if i buy all the books i want to read where gonna end up in the streets. And i'm lazy, going to libraries and read, that just won't do.


It's 21st century the pirates are not in the seas they're at home, sharing and hacking.