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Originally Posted by rogue_librarian
You mean, like somebody wanted to borrow "The Girl who kicked the Hornet's Nest" and the librarian says "Here, take this Kindle, it's got the whole trilogy on it?" I'm sure that would violate all kinds of laws, and be very difficult to handle on top of it.
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Which laws could it possibly violate? It's not copyright infringement, since no copies are being made. It's not DMCA violations, since (again, no copies are being made) and no DRM is being removed. I don't think it even violates Amazon's TOS (the book is tied to a single Kindle account, not a single person). Even DVDs can be rented out (as long as they are not copied) without any additional licensing fee or permission.
Difficulty-wise, you (being a librarian) would be in the best position to judge, so I'll take your word for it (I can kinda see how it would raise a lot of problems). Legally, this seems almost trivially valid.