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Re:You can't defend public libraries and oppose file-sharing by commentereleven on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @11:00AM (#10191833)
He claims that these are not copyright royalties, but rather a cultural grant.
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Re:You can't defend public libraries and oppose file-sharing by dingaling on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @11:27AM (#10192016)
Aha that helps, thank you. He's also wrong there, unfortunately.

https://www.plrinternational.com/faqs/faqs.htm#legal

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Re:You can't defend public libraries and oppose file-sharing by scintill76 on Wednesday September 09, 2015 @11:43AM (#10192112)
"There are no working PLR systems yet in the United States, South America, Africa or Asia." So the existence of this system in some places doesn't itself invalidate the argument in places without that system.
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