It may seem like an arbitrary distinction to you but arguing that restrictive terms on ebook lending means you don't want libraries to exist at all because ebooks and physical books are "the same thing" is disingenuous as hell
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"A regular hardcover book doesn't have a licensing agreement on it, it's ASSUMED I can do whatever I want with it including share it with my friends" Yeah because of the obvious physical features of the platform that inherently limit those rights and make commerce possible
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That's not even actually true anyway and if people stepped back and thought about it they'd know it I can do whatever I want with MY ONE COPY of a physical book but I cannot make more copies (with a xerox machine or a phone camera or typing it out by hand)
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My concern is that if libraries cannot use a middleware vendor, like IA, Amazon, or OverDrive, it would make the cost of lending too high for any but the largest library systems to manage.
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It's not about the existence of a middleman it's about the existence of an additional license created from thin air nobody negotiated
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