Comment by r3trohack3r

> Given the impact of the public health emergency, the Internet Archive decided to ease its book lending restrictions and allow multiple people to check out the same digital copy of a book at once.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/07/14/cucd-j14.html

Libraries can rent books they’ve purchased. Generally they can’t fire up the photocopier and make copies of books they’ve purchased.