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During COVID, the IA created an emergency lending program under which they would lend an unlimited number of copies of the books in their library rather than st
by SirSourdough 6y ago
During COVID, the IA created an emergency lending program under which they would lend an unlimited number of copies of the books in their library rather than sticking to the 1:1 lending they normally allow. This resulted in a more or less immediate lawsuit from publishers claiming copyright infringement on the basis that the IA had no right to share those titles without restrictions.