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Originally Posted by halfpint
Does it really matter "how many" people are sharing files or lending books, games or even selling used games it is still stealing and considerd piracy. If the game industry is loosing money because of people buying and selling or lending games to freinds and family so are book publishers and it should also be made illegal. You cant have one law saying sharing on the internet is illegal and than say sharing of a book or game is not just because they dont loose the same amount of money. Its Piracy plain and simple.
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I disagree. If I buy a book and then lend it or give it to a friend I am not distributing it. I no longer have the book and they do. If they give it it back to me when they are done than they no longer have it and I do. Even with the Kindles and Nooks they are now allowing people to share books for a limited time. They also allow you to have multiple kindles/nooks on the same account so that more than one person can read the books you buy.
Still, this is likely all stuff that takes place within your group of friends/family and it involves a single copy of the book. It isn't the same as you making a copy of the book and then giving that copy out to 100 different people while also keeping a copy for yourself.