Re:The Ruling That Threatens the Future of Libraries
by mdp2021 on Sunday April 09, 2023 @09:42AM
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> The IA lawsuit is about the IA using the pandemic as a cudgel to try to force through the idea of unlimited royalty free digital distribution, which would if normalized end writing as a profession
It was about an alleged loss of revenues which clashes at least with the fact that libraries are a "consolidated" practice, and it ended with a judge decreeing that you cannot provide remote consultation of material just because you have the item locally.
People have been buying books even when those books are freely accessible in libraries - since libraries existed.
It was about an alleged loss of revenues which clashes at least with the fact that libraries are a "consolidated" practice, and it ended with a judge decreeing that you cannot provide remote consultation of material just because you have the item locally.
People have been buying books even when those books are freely accessible in libraries - since libraries existed.