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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by kazinator on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:30PM (#33461758)
> it's already bought and paid for

Three copies, for the a metropolis of several million. :)

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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by lxgr on Thursday November 03, 2022 @11:50PM (#33461940)
Not my experience at all. I regularly lend e-books from my city's public library, and they usually have hundreds of "copies" available for popular titles, and even for less popular or even niche titles I rarely have to wait more than one week.

It is a bit ridiculous that "buying copies" and then imposing artificial scarcity on these is the best mechanism that libraries and publishers have figured out to compensate content producers, but I'm optimistic that they'll eventually figure something out.

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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by Normille on Friday November 04, 2022 @01:06AM (#33462435) 

  >I regularly lend e-books from my city's public library...
No. You 'borrow'. The library 'lends'
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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by lxgr on Friday November 04, 2022 @08:20AM (#33465379)
Ah, that one always gets me – my native language doesn't have the distinction. Thanks!
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Re:ZLibrary domains have been seized by the United States Po... by Normille on Friday November 04, 2022 @10:24AM (#33467195)
You're not alone. A lot of native English speakers get it wrong too. And the other way round as well...

"Will you borrow me ten quid?"

"No. But I'll lend you it"

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