I've only read two actual books this year and am in the middle of another. Most of my reading is newspapers (daily) and magazine subscriptions. Also I do alot of online reading, sqlservercentral.com and others.

I disagree with your comment "It seems as though the problems are with digital goods since there doesn't seem to be a loss of goods from the original owner", as I believe there may be a loss to the original owner in the Amazon case. If Amazon or the publisher does not have permission to publish the content then the author (original owner) is likely not getting paid so they are losing the revenue they deserve.

This issue needs lots of thought and possibly new laws as more content goes online.