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There is no grounds for a civil lawsuit if no damage was actually done. Furthermore, the parties bringing suit have to be the ones who were damaged.



I suppose it also makes it harder for the publishers because they now have to the homework of proving which titles would have hypothetical been over subscribed of the gazillions of books lent by archive.org and of those proof which specific publisher was damaged.




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