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Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by MichaelCollins on Sunday September 25, 2022 @02:44PM (#32974554)
> pays authors every time someone checks out their book?

That's not how libraries work. Libraries pay for a book once (assuming it wasn't donated to them.)

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Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by r_hoods_ghost on Sunday September 25, 2022 @04:00PM (#32975425)
No, you're wrong. At least in the UK since 1979 [1] Other countries have similar schemes.

[1] https://www2.societyofauthors.org/where-we-stand/public-lend...

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Re:3x new books added to the Pirate Library Mirror by MichaelCollins on Monday September 26, 2022 @12:24AM (#32979402)
Turns out other countries still haven't gotten the point of public libraries. Once you own a book, it's your property. You don't have to pay a fee to lend out your own property. This is how it works in America, where free public libraries were invented.
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