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Hmm... So format shifting for the purposes of digital archival are probably not something that public libraries would have any ability to do?
by peatmoss 9y ago
Hmm... So format shifting for the purposes of digital archival are probably not something that public libraries would have any ability to do?
- ghaff 9y agoThat is more or less the only exemption that exists for archives and libraries [1]. But that does not mean that they can then make that content available beyond their walls. [1] https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/108
- peatmoss 9y agoEven that seems like an improvement over status quo. Plus, having such an archive seems like the sort of thing that could be made irreversibly public should there ever be even a temporary rule change. I feel like some of our political will around copyright has eroded simply due to the fact that we're now habituating to a lessened degree of rights and access.