This just seems like a bizarre worry to me. I wonder whether these kinds of lending schemes might not have kept piracy at bay when it comes to digital books. Ob

This just seems like a bizarre worry to me. I wonder whether these kinds of lending schemes might not have kept piracy at bay when it comes to digital books. Obviously piracy exists, but it appears to be much less common than in other forms of media. Worrying about people legally borrowing books seems like a much smaller worry.