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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Libraries distribute pBooks under the first-sale doctrine, and it can be done regardless of whether or not the copyright owner agrees.
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In the UK, the Copyright Act specifically grants libraries the right to distribute (paper) books. As compensation for the fact that an author no longer has the right to withhold a book from library distribution, the "Public Lending Right" (PLR) payment was brought in, which pays an author a small amount of money every time one of their books is borrowed from a library.
Perhaps a solution to the eBook issue is to introduce a payment similar to - or an extension of - the PLR for eBook loans from libraries?