Gregory's Server@cosmictentacle They _did_, following the digital lending policies called Controlled Digital Lending, which is one e-copy can be lent for each physical copy of a book you have.
Unfortunately, they painted a target on themselves by being considerably larger than a normal library, and using non-library copies as the source (library copies are sold at a premium to account for lending it out multiple times), and in most cases used copies so they weren't even paying the publisher the 1st time. 🧵1/4
@cosmictentacle Fortunately, grumbling couldn't do much because they were following the law, and their DRM which meant they only worked for 30 days meant complaining was a bit moot.
During the pandemic, they started lending more e-copies of books than they had physical copies of. Trouble is it maybe be considered both a breach of the CDL (even though they still were DRMed and could be revoked any time), and massively drew the ire of publishers. Not long after, the lawsuit came. 🧵2/4