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The public library doesn't seem to care about your theories. They've been lending books, mags, cds, movies, etc. for longer than I've been alive
by doozy 10y ago
The public library doesn't seem to care about your theories.
They've been lending books, mags, cds, movies, etc. for longer than I've been alive
- xj9 10y agoThat's not the same as building a publishing operation and creating new copies of the items in their catalog for anyone who wants one. Lending doesn't create new copies. Personally, I think IP is nonsense, but a lot of people disagree with me.
- wmf 10y agoAnd the first-sale doctrine is why libraries are legal. (I imagine that book publishers once waged an MPAA-style war against libraries.) But libraries really have nothing to do with P2P piracy.