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Re:Lawsuit over online book lending could bankrupt Internet ... by toomuchtodo on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @06:56PM (#23397504)
> when they roll out authors that also wanted to eat during the pandemic.

This is a tired argument. Please prove authors experienced lost sales due to the emergency library IA offered.

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Re:Lawsuit over online book lending could bankrupt Internet ... by fphhotchips on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:51AM (#23399850)
I don't have to. The publishers do. And I'll bet they can make a better legal argument than "oh we just wanted to because pandemic".
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