Re:Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early
by p1necone on Monday June 15, 2020 @12:01AM
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"each book in a library displaces more than one private sale"
There's no way to prove this. You can't just look at someone borrowing a book from a library and say they would have bought it had the library not been there, They might just have never read the book.
I don't think they like libraries per se, they've just made peace with the first sale doctrine.
On the upside, libraries are a stable source of demand for new books.
On the downside, libraries' collection are generally used more intensely than private collections - each book in a library displaces more than one private sale.
> It stands to reason that they shouldn't mind digital libraries that follow the same principle.
Maybe. I don't think the first sale doctrine really covers Controlled Digital Lending, so I guess we'll see how things pan out in court.