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Exactly. And if a book is in high demand in a library, you'd either have to wait your turn or purchase one yourself to avoid the lending queue.

• cool_dude85 2y ago
  The IA's controlled digital lending setup worked the same way.
  • tptacek 2y ago
    No, the IA's CDL system required them to make multiple copies of books (one to digitize the book, and one for every reader of the book), which is not a legal problem a physical library runs into.
    • cool_dude85 2y ago
      I agree, and apparently this distinction is legally relevant. However, it does not change my point that the CDL also has the property that: "if a book is in high demand in a library, you'd either have to wait your turn or purchase one yourself to avoid the lending queue."
      • tptacek 2y ago
        Right. I'd like a system where that distinction matters but it seems plain how the courts will arrive at a conclusion that it doesn't, because the law is about the mechanism more than it is about the intent. Still, we were all holding on to a fig leaf of an argument that the intent would control here, and IA has burnt that leaf up, at least in NY, CT, and VT.