This someone only bought a book when they couldn't pirate it anywhere, unlike the rest of their "virtual library". They then "lent" the book to "everyone involved who really wanted to read it" and then wondered why DRM exists.

Seems appropriate.

He doesn't claim to pirate all of his books (or any actually), and he only wished to lend it to one friend (whilst noting that lots of other people were interested in the book as well).

There is also no need to put 'lend' in quotes; it is perfectly legal to lend someone a book.

He starts off by saying that he has a library of e-books, then goes on to tell a story about how he actually purchased his first e-book recently.

How else would one build up a library of e-books without purchasing them?

> How else would one build up a library of e-books without purchasing them?

books.google.com and archive.org have a lot of content. Depending on his interests, its possible if not probable that he has not pirated anything because most of his collection is too old to be under copyright.

Maybe his ebook collection consists primarily of product user manuals (pdfs straight from manufacturer websites), or pre1926 trade manuals (hey, I know a guy who collects antique light fixtures...), or he dabs in genealogy and has a few GB of pre1926 genealogies (not all surnames have had their genealogies re-done in print since then).

Its a stretch, sure. But its possible.

He literally starts out saying that '[he] crawled the internet [...] but alas, it was nowhere to befound'. At the very least he was intent on pirating this specific book.

>There is also no need to put 'lend' in quotes; it is perfectly legal to lend someone a book.

Yes, and making copies doesn't fall under any normal definition of lending.