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There are serious doubts about whether it's legal for public libraries to loan ebook readers. The software licensing agreement appears to be single- -- nm

Posted by user. (aka mara) Aug 6 '10, 13:22

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I was wondering about how that would work going forward. - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:25 8
- There's a legal way to "loan" digital products to people who have their own readers/players. The default is going to be one user at a time, but maybe - mara Aug 6, 13:30
- For all the "e" checkouts at our library, they're limited and queued just like books. So if I want the audiobook to download and the 4 copies are - oblique Aug 6, 13:26 6
  - Interesting. -- nm - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:29 1
    - It's the big reason that library audio checkouts use WMA DRM and not anything iPod compatible - oblique Aug 6, 13:30
  - Which is how the regular books work. -- nm - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:28 3
    - But will also keep libraries "behind the times." - JaxSean Aug 6, 13:30 2
      - Blockbuster wasn't free and you couldn't hang out there and watch the movie. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:41 1
        
        And they've been serving more people over the last few years. - the liioulu with Aug 6, 13:49

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