Not exact matches
The risk for the startup,
however, is that Ownshelf will turn into an
illegal peer - to - peer
downloading service for copyrighted e-books.
However most of these websites (just as youtube - mp3) have an internal cache which stores the already processed mp3 / mp4 files, so if users
download copyrighted material they will store in their server copyrighted content, thus
illegal distribution.
However I stipulate in the rental contract that they may not engage in
illegal activity or
downloading copyrighted files, specifically mentioning bit torrent, and doing so is a breach of the rental contract.