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Originally Posted by HarryT
You don't need anyone's permission to lend a paper book. You do need permission to "lend" an ebook because "lending" actually means "creating another copy" in the case of an ebook, hence copyright law gets involved in the matter.
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But that's just a technicality. Assuming the library has DRM in place to control the number of simultaneous copies, the end result is the same. There are also ways around that restriction (load the eBook on a physical device, and then lend the physical device).
Besides, US courts have already ruled that additional digital copies created during instances of normal use don't count (otherwise it'd be impossible to even read an eBook without committing copyright infringement). I wonder if a judge would think library lending counts as "normal use"?