> It’s hard to seriously argue that you could lawfully photocopy books whole, then make a lending library out of the copies, or that such a thing has any simila

> It’s hard to seriously argue that you could lawfully photocopy books whole, then make a lending library out of the copies, or that such a thing has any similarity to reselling used books. Suppose you have a rare book, so to keep the book from being damaged while allowing people to read it, you make one photocopy and then store the book in a vault and allow patrons to read the photocopy. That seems entirely reasonable, doesn't it?