schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoInternet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court winarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square140fedilinkarrow-up1863arrow-down15 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squarereddig33@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·edit-26 months agoDuring Covid, they lent out multiple copies of the same book when they only had physical access to one copy. It would be like your local library making Xerox copies of their collection and handing them out. There’s no protections for that. https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/4/2/21201193/emergency-library-internet-archive-controversy-coronavirus-pandemic
During Covid, they lent out multiple copies of the same book when they only had physical access to one copy. It would be like your local library making Xerox copies of their collection and handing them out. There’s no protections for that.
https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/4/2/21201193/emergency-library-internet-archive-controversy-coronavirus-pandemic