Shaping Libraries says today in its post Amazon: “OK to Lend Kindles in Libraries”:
“I have written before about my interest in using Amazon’s Kindle for circulation and interlibrary loan. Yesterday I received a response from Amazon about doing so. On the phone, the Amazon rep. and I reviewed the public policy found here under section3. Digital Content, subsection Restrictions:
Unless specifically indicated otherwise, you may not sell, rent, lease, distribute, broadcast, sublicense or otherwise assign any rights to the Digital Content or any portion of it to any third party, and you may not remove any proprietary notices or labels on the Digital Content.
Amazon said this only applies to for-profit ventures. ‘If you’re gonna let someone borrow the Kindle just to read a book, you should be fine.‘…”
Read About Kindle 2: The Amazon Kindle 2 E-Reader
