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Shortsighted! If publishers could prohibit libraries from loaning print books multiple times without paying more, they would (bit.ly/ e0a7fO). Legally, they can't—not with a purchase. Digital books aren't purchases, they are licensed, and everything, including the content, remains under publishers' control. They think libraries are a kind of benign piracy. They don't value that libraries grow readers and without libraries their "installed customer base" would be much, much smaller. We should reject this and demand more-more protection against censorship, more privacy, more rights for readers. This is a terrible and shortsighted move. Oh, and guess what: the money we spend to re-up that license is money we don't spend on another [HarperCollins] title....