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Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending by ricardobeat on Thursday September 05, 2024 @05:48PM (#41460667)
I’m sure you’re aware that in our digital world, there is no difference between “transmitting the book” and “copying the book”. Yes, you can argue the law needs to change first but that’s not how changes happen. Laws are bent by society, not the other way around.
Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending by tptacek on Thursday September 05, 2024 @06:33PM (#41460954)
I'm not sure I follow what you've written here but it seems like you might be the 10th person on the thread to claim that "transmitting" a book is different under the law from "copying" it, which: no, the court is not confused about which copies are taking place and whether the resulting fixture of copyrighted work in some media comes with rights to distribute that content.