Fair use is a term and redefining is a big hill to climb but a worthly one.
All copyrights expire and all works have fair use clauses. It's just a matter of when and what country is issuing the copyright.
You can give away free digital books. Project Gutenburg has been doing it for years. Even if the author's family doesn't like it. It's not stealing either. It's simply waiting for the copyright to expire.
In this case they are using borrowing like a libruary as a defensive with covid hardship thrown in to justify removing a limit on the amount of books they can lend.
All copyrights expire and all works have fair use clauses. It's just a matter of when and what country is issuing the copyright.
You can give away free digital books. Project Gutenburg has been doing it for years. Even if the author's family doesn't like it. It's not stealing either. It's simply waiting for the copyright to expire.
In this case they are using borrowing like a libruary as a defensive with covid hardship thrown in to justify removing a limit on the amount of books they can lend.