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Does anyone know what the legal basis was for uncontrolled online Lending was in the first place that caused this mess? I don’t understand why IA is continuing

• ghaff 4y ago
  There isn't even a legal basis for "controlled" online lending (or indeed much of what the IA does) But they've mostly always managed to keep things sufficiently non-provocative that it hasn't been a problem.
• boomboomsubban 4y ago
  Their justification was that the lockdown removed far more copies of the books from public library circulation than were ever checked out from the IA library. Something their checkout records easily confirm is true. However this lawsuit isn't really about the lockdown period, it's about CDL as a whole.
  • sp332 4y ago
    They joined up with a specific group of other libraries, so they're not just arguing in general that circulation was down, but that there were enough copies of books in the group to cover the online lending.
    • boomboomsubban 4y ago
      That is how their general CDL works, but for the pandemic they removed the restrictions because libraries they did not have a partnership with were closed. The brief says this, but it's sort of confusing as it's blended in with discussing their general policy.