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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by sokoloff on Monday June 01, 2020 @12:38PM (#23380430)
It seems to me that the First Sale Doctrine makes library lending (among any other use of an individual instance of copyrighted material) legal.

Unless you're arguing that the First Sale Doctrine was only created because libraries are older than modern copyright, I don't think I agree.

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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by mcguire on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:14PM (#23382480)
Experiment: try applying the First Sale Doctrine to digital music, video, and software downloads.
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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by cornishpixels on Monday June 01, 2020 @02:24PM (#23381885)
That's pretty clearly exactly what they're arguing.
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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by sokoloff on Monday June 01, 2020 @03:38PM (#23382775)
For every application of FSD that applies to a lending library, it seems like there are 99 or more that apply to everyday lending, modification, repair, or resale concerns. Even if libraries didn't exist, I think we'd have something like first sale doctrine.
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