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Originally Posted by Kumabjorn
Why? I don't recall the need for any permission from publishers to lend my buddies some of my books. Even those that weren't returned.
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That's because, when you lend someone a paper book, you aren't creating an additional copy of the book, so copyright law doesn't enter into it. When you "lend" someone an e-book, unless you lend them your reading device with the book already on it, you're creating an extra copy of the book which didn't previously exist, hence copyright law comes into play, and you need the permission of the appropriate rights-holders to be able to do so.