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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by Dylan16807 on Saturday June 22, 2024 @04:57AM (#40757522)
I don't have a full plan, but I know exactly where I'd start:

A scheme where you lend each copy you own to one person at a time and don't use it yourself, with them deleting the loaned copy at the end, and with a reasonably large granularity like "1 day", needs to be legal. And probably disallow publishers from blocking such a scheme.

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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by chii on Saturday June 22, 2024 @06:29AM (#40757882)
Without draconian DRM to enforce, this is only going to work in a fantasy. I mean, piracy already exists today, and this could be achieved if people voluntarily follow these rules outlined.
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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by Dylan16807 on Saturday June 22, 2024 @07:05AM (#40758072)
Nothing stops you from copying a book or a DVD from the library, but the lending process seems to work fine for those.
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