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Originally Posted by John F
Are you talking about pbooks or ebooks, in the U.S. For pbooks, I don't think this is true in the U.S. (the bolded part)? I believe that a library could go to any book store, buy a book, and lend it (this falls under Fair Use). The publisher has no say in the matter. Someone please correct me if I am wrong.
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I was thinking specifically about ebooks, although I'll admit I didn't realise paper books were treated differently. However, even with paper books, libraries are operating within the boundaries of law. When it came to ebooks where they couldn't lend under the same terms, they sought out agreements with publishers.
My point though was that when Harry said
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I think that most people are against piracy because they think it's wrong to take stuff without paying for it.
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He was referring to taking stuff without permission. If you have permission to take something for free then clearly it's not stealing and I'm sure he didn't mean to imply that and anyone who has read any of Harry's posts on here regarding the mobile read library would reach that conclusion. Thus, the library remark was not a valid counter to what he'd said as libraries operate within the law and people borrowing books do so with the permission of the library and thus do so lawfully.