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Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by ketralnis on Thursday March 23, 2023 @12:20PM (#35277133)
> how much of a book you could copy before it was considered copyright infringement

So they help people follow the law?

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Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by Mezzie on Thursday March 23, 2023 @01:16PM (#35277991)
Technically, yes.

Lawyers and librarians fighting is always fun because each group is very detail-oriented, very pedantic, and amazing at malicious compliance.

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Re:Book Publishers Won't Stop Until Libraries Are Dead by nine_k on Thursday March 23, 2023 @02:49PM (#35279520)
Much like one of my acquaintances, a professor, sent their students a messages that obtaining copies of their textbooks online, e.g. on Libgen (a list of URLs follows), is not officially approved.
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