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Originally Posted by Icarusbop
Perhaps the word 'Fair use.' were not the best to use and they are certainly not legally correct as the copyright in most books clearly states that unauthorised lending (amongst other things) is prohibited.
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I'm confused here since we see to be jumping topics.
First, let's get this concept of "unauthorised lending" out. To the best of my knowledge, there is no such thing. The author/publisher/retailer has no authority whatsoever to tell me who can can/can't loan my paper books to. If they want to take me to court for loaning my computer books out at work, they can try - but I will win and win big. What I do with my property is my business.
The only right that the author/publisher has once the book has been published is copyright - which as the name implies, only impacts the making of copies of the book or the contents of the book.
"Fair use" is about the exceptions to "no copy" rule, allowing people to make, under certain conditions, copies of the content of the book.