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Originally Posted by Richwood
I believe that legally libraries fall under fair use laws for virtually all copyrighted items including ebooks. Would require a act of congress to change the law I suspect.
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Amazon is already a publisher which does not offer popular titles through library platforms such as Overdrive, Axis 360, cloudLibrary, Hoopla, and One Click Digital.
Fair use is for excerpts, not the whole work, and is an American doctrine. The big five are multi-nationals. Outside the US, copyright tends toward the absolute, as we learned in this disgraceful episode:
https://www.timeshighereducation.com...-express-anger