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Re:The National Emergency Library is a gift to readers every... by falcolas on Thursday April 02, 2020 @10:17AM (#22759222)
Did they buy it? As in, was there a “buy now” or “add to shopping cart” or some other similar “Purchase this ebook” link in the transaction?

If so, yes. No matter what the fine print says. The inability to apply first sale doctrine to digital book purchases (not to mention cars, refrigerators, et.al.) is a loophole the publishers are exploiting, not how copyright was supposed to work.

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Re:The National Emergency Library is a gift to readers every... by fjeifisjf on Thursday April 02, 2020 @10:56AM (#22759715)
This is off topic. The OP is not about transferring a copy. It is about making multiple copies and distributing them simultaneously, a flagrant violation of copyright by any possible interpretation.
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