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Re:Libraries struggle to afford e-books, seek new laws in fi... by ghaff on Saturday March 16, 2024 @10:35AM (#39726314)
And if we're talking textbooks, I'm not sure what cutting copyright to 14 years actually accomplishes. I'm also not sure how you dole out X% of sales to libraries that might be interested. Especially given libraries are often ill-defined.
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Re:Libraries struggle to afford e-books, seek new laws in fi... by AlotOfReading on Saturday March 16, 2024 @02:04PM (#39728051)
I don't think anyone would really complain if such an act assumed "libraries" == "public libraries", a very well defined term that's already enshrined in federal legislation.
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