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In response to "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" by user.

I was wondering about how that would work going forward.

Posted by JaxSean (aka JaxSean) Aug 6 '10, 13:25

You're not tied to the "one book, one person" anymore. If a library purchases Dan Brown's latest book, and 100 people want to read it on their Kindle, do they have to wait, or can the library check it out to 100 people at once.

I'm sure publishers would get quite upset about that.

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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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