Re:Garbage collectors open a library with abandoned books
by mikepurvis on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @01:01PM
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Oh interesting. That actually makes a ton of sense; the institution of libraries have been around for long enough to have the historical context around that. Maybe in a few hundred years, tech companies will be so wise.
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Re:Garbage collectors open a library with abandoned books
by gowld on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @01:48PM
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More likely, the libraries will fall victim to the modern police-state attitude.
Re:Garbage collectors open a library with abandoned books
by Cyberdog on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @03:37PM
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There was a Japanese novel called Library War that later got turned into a movie, TV series, and so on. The story took place in a fascinating if somewhat implausible near future where certain books were banned from the public, but libraries were exempted from the ban and could actually defend their rights under the exemption by any means necessary. This occasionally led to armed confrontations over the possession of these banned books.