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Exactly my point. The "deal" resulted in anyone being able to download the full books if they go to a university library which is a partner of Hathi Trust. Of
by mimixco 8y ago
Exactly my point.
The "deal" resulted in anyone being able to download the full books if they go to a university library which is a partner of Hathi Trust. Of course, after that download, you have the full PDF and you can do whatever you want!
This isn't protection for copyright holders. (Hathi Trust got its books from Google Books scans and doesn't pay copyright holders.) This "deal" isn't helping anyone and it hurts researchers.
- ahi 8y agoHathiTrust does not provide access to in copyright materials to anyone. They provide research access for "non-consumptive" use through the HathiTrust Research Center.
- mimixco 8y agoThat's not correct. First of all, all books are copyright by their authors. Anyone can go to a partner library (there's a list on the login page of the Hathi site) and download those books as PDFs. Try it! I've done it many times.
- ahi 8y agoThese pages provide a decent overview of access restrictions for HathiTrust materials: https://www.hathitrust.org/features_benefits https://www.hathitrust.org/features_benefits https://www.hathitrust.org/out-of-print-brittle https://www.hathitrust.org/out-of-print-brittle