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Re:“The books will stop working.” by sambe on Thursday June 27, 2019 @04:22PM (#20298303)
Wouldn't the small sharing libraries also be at risk under a system with more power held by copyright owners?
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Re:“The books will stop working.” by swebs on Thursday June 27, 2019 @04:36PM (#20298448)
No copies are being made, so no. Keep in mind we're talking about physical books, not filesharing.
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Re:“The books will stop working.” by jmiserez on Thursday June 27, 2019 @04:49PM (#20298586)
Of course there are no physical restrictions with books, but legal restrictions can be created at any time.

Just imagine physical books suddenly having EULA-like first pages that would forbid you from loaning them out. In fact, this has been tried before: https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/2059/why-were-books-...

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Re:“The books will stop working.” by ultrarunner on Friday June 28, 2019 @02:36AM (#20302001)
Insofar as copyright owners are empowered by the system currently in place (e.g. DMCA) a system with less authoritarian power available to lobbyists may have the exact opposite effect. Same caveats as above apply.
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