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Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by patrickhogan1 on Thursday July 23, 2020 @07:17PM (#23933873)
IA does NOT own the books. IA is only referencing that they own some of the books to distract readers. The vast majority of books IA is “lending” come from the purported “endorsement” from 130 libraries. Yet there is no explanation if the endorsement means a general “Hey we love IA” or “a contractual relationship that allows IA to lend out copyrighted works licensed by the endorsing library”
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Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by zorpner on Friday July 24, 2020 @12:55AM (#23935870)
Every book IA lent, they physically owned at least one copy of. Suspension of waitlists meant that they were lending more copies than they owned; copies physically held by partner libraries.
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Re:My thoughts in response to the lawsuit against the Intern... by icebraining on Thursday July 23, 2020 @07:24PM (#23933918)
That was only during the Emergency event, when the libraries were closed, and which they already ended.
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