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Originally Posted by ApK
The difference, as my local librarian recently explained it to me, is quite simple. As murraypaul said, they, like anyone, can buy a copy of a pbook (or a CD) and lend that one copy to anyone they choose. No copyright violation, no copying of the media.
But to lend an ebook (or an mp3 download) to ANYONE inherently involves copying it. That would be a copyright violation.
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A technicality since a library has the same loan restrictions with ebooks as it does with physical books - one copy, one loan; two copies, two loans; etc.
It would be different if a library bought one copy of an ebook and then loaned it out to more than one person at the same time; but they don't.
Laws need to catch up with digital technology.