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I think it's a serious mistake that they allowed unlimited borrowers at a time, because that shifts from fair-use format shifting to effectively making multiple copies of the format-shifted document.

That said, IANAL and I don't know what actual legal conclusions were arrived at from the trial or appeals.




I think it's a serious mistake that they used DRM at all. That positions them right along the publisher narrative which is exactly where they should not be.




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