Controlled digital lending

Controlled digital lending (CDL) is a model by which libraries digitize materials in their collection and make them available for lending on an owned-to-loaned ratio. That is, libraries can only digitize and lend the number of physical copies they have legally acquired through purchase or donation. In the United States, the model is based on interpretations of the United States copyright principles of fair use and copyright exhaustion.

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