Comment by Lio

My (limited) understanding was that in the USA it was not illegal to read a book you don't own but it is illegal to make a copy (download) of a book you don't own.

I still don't fully grok how Meta can legally download a pirated book as fair use when an individual doing the same would be deemed a criminal act.

It would seem that Meta still don't have the right to make copies of books that they haven't paid for no matter what they do with it.