Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending
by SAI_Peregrinus on Sunday September 08, 2024 @01:49PM
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That doesn't solve the fact that the robot can't do the reading for the user. It takes a picture (makes a copy of the page), then sends a copy of that data to some remote user (distributes an infringing copy).
Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending
by immibis on Sunday September 15, 2024 @11:10AM
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There was a company that allowed customers to rent DVD players, robotically inserted disks into them and transmitted their video output over the internet.
This was ruled illegal.
The letter of the law isn't the real law; the real law is that you must pay money to large media corporations or else. We now have two instances.
Would be curious to try this because the "ebooks don't wear" argument won't apply.