Lemmy has downvotes, but some specific instances (servers) do not allow them.

Or you sit in the library and “read” it. Now how do you define where the library is? Many libraries loan out digital copies. You can sit in a book store (they exist!) and read a book without purchasing it too.

It’s going to be difficult to use the “they couldn’t possibly have had legit access to all these books” argument in court.