Didnt the Kindle and Nook come with some way of sharing books with friends? I also seem to remember that the Xune let you share music too. You have to admit th

Didnt the Kindle and Nook come with some way of sharing books with friends? I also seem to remember that the Xune let you share music too. You have to admit that going digital introduces problems that aren't clear cut. If you were to reproduce a physical copy of a book and give it out en masse for either free or a fee you'd be called a bootlegger. But when that same book or movie or whatever is a digital copy then the difference between lending out a copy innocently and distribution which violates copyright gets blurred. Lending something out used to mean one copy gets passed between people. Now it means there's a copy for each person you want to share with. I think we're just going through some growing pains. I really don't see how anyone can say any one side is right. Theyre just competing interests that we will hopefully find a happy middle ground for soon.