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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by kevin_thibedeau on Monday June 01, 2020 @12:20PM (#23380205)
Actual libraries buy more than one copy. That is the issue.
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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by Robotbeat on Monday June 01, 2020 @12:41PM (#23380477)
And they don’t have to pay inflated prices for a “license” that can be revoked at any time.
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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by mcguire on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:46PM (#23382882)
https://cheshirelibraryblog.com/tag/how-much-do-libraries-pa...
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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by Robotbeat on Monday June 01, 2020 @08:35PM (#23385826)
Wow, yeah:

> "Libraries must pay up to 4X the retail price for digital versions of books (which only one user can have access to at a time)."

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