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Originally Posted by HarryT
This would almost unquestionably be illegal. Scanning a book for personal use is one thing (and that's what these scan companies are doing); giving copies of the book to third parties without the permission of the copyright holder would be copyright infringement.
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Seems like giving copies of the book to third parties without the permission of the copyright holder would be the definition of what a library does, normally. Library has copies it has purchased, it loans them to library members. These would still be purchased (or donated) books, legitimately owned by the library, there's no additional number of copies being created or loaned.