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Originally Posted by MikeB1972
As I understand it, they don't have one, they have a paper book of everything on the site, format shifting your own copy is legal in the US, loaning books out from a library is legal in the US so they reckon loaning out a eBook they made as if it is the paper book is perfectly legal.
So the 1 copy at a time is to keep it as close as possible to a normal library with paper books - so far no one has sued them 
Even more importantly
Scenario3
Nick book from dodgy online file sharing site.
Scenario4
Convert book from legally bought DRM free epub to mobi.
Are equally criminal under UK law at the present.
Or to be more specific - equally a civil violation open to the same ability of the copyright holder to sue you for breach of copyright. Just rolls of the tongue doesn't it. |
IF Open Library (linked with Archive.org now I believe) is US based then that logic is impeccable . . . .
BUT None of us here has ever dared to mention scenario 3 here - to do so would destroy the whole rationale of the thread as I'm sure the moderators will come in and tell us . . . . . . and IMHO that's a whole different ball-game. Those sites you mention are clearly breaching copyright by whatever moral/legal principles you apply!
And surely scenario 4 is merely a minor variation of 2?
In fact, since we're being picky/establishing principles, is epub<>mobi (or any other ebook format) actually a FORMAT shift? If it is, I guess every UK citizen who has ever read an ebook is now a criminal.
