From: Sandy Thatcher <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2014 08:56:50 -0500 As best i can tell from its website, E-Z Borrow is engaged in the lending of hard copies, not ebooks, and therefore I feel confident in saying that Section 109 of the Copyright Act, which codifies the "first sale" doctrine, provides full protection for the practice you describe. Sandy Thatcher > From: "Robinson, Faye E." <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:12:52 -0400 > > Does anyone know if it is a violation of copyright to lend text books > to students for use for an entire semester by way of obtaining them > through EZ Borrow (a consortium of approximately 60 schools mainly in > the PA region, NJ, and a few more in the region)? I would appreciate > any info provided. > > Faye Robinson