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Originally Posted by HarryT
We still put locks on our doors even though most people are, as you very rightly say, trustworthy. The locks are there to protect us against the dishonest minority. A library has to do the same, or very few mainstream publishers would supply them with books.
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I do not believe that to be true at all. If the publisher get paid for each lending of a book I do not see why the fact that some people keep the book a longer time would reduce the income for the publisher.