Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free ECards to Teens Nationwide Facing Book Bans

Re:Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free ECards to Teens Natio... by DoreenMichele on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:42AM (#35710254)

The $50 fee normally associated with out-of-state cards will be waived.

This is the main detail. People from elsewhere can normally get access for a fee but for a limited time they are waiving the fee for this age group.

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Re:Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free ECards to Teens Natio... by hackernewds on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:55AM (#35710330)

Only for teenagers*

How does this prevent someone from India accessing ebooks? it would seem not something publishers would be okay with

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Re:Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free ECards to Teens Natio... by candiodari on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @05:16AM (#35711211)

Publishers have tried to completely eliminate libraries since before libraries existed in the United States. It's not about what publishers want, it's about what's legal in the compromise between authors and the general population that copyright law is.

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Re:Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free ECards to Teens Natio... by alternativity on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @02:56AM (#35710333)

Seems like they used to. Just tried to register out of state as an adult and got this -

As of July 15, 2022, BPL is no longer offering out of state memberships. BPL library cards remain free for anyone who lives, works, pays property taxes or attends school in New York State.

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Re:Brooklyn Public Library Offers Free ECards to Teens Natio... by nathancahill on Wednesday April 26, 2023 @03:14AM (#35710435)

> For a limited time

April 13 to July 15, 2022. 93 days.

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