Thread: Authors Guild: Claims Kindle Lending Library is a breach of contract
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Old 11-17-2011, 07:44 AM   #18
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
I knew publishers would not want to allow their eBooks to be borrowed from Amazon. And now they've said so and Amazon is still planning to go ahead with this. Well, in this case, Amazon is wrong and should get sued big time for this.
Do you need a licence to start a library in the US? As far as I am aware not ...

So if Amazon legally purchases as many books as they loan at any one time they are in the clear. It is, once more, the issue that the publishers try to control what is being done with property bought from them after the purchase.
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