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Well, they're crazy. If libraries didn't lend physical books, academic research would be set back 200 years.
by mimixco 8y ago
Well, they're crazy. If libraries didn't lend physical books, academic research would be set back 200 years.
- darkpuma 8y agoI think maybe that's his point. There are some crazy people in this world, so no matter how reasonable anything is there will always be somebody who gets frothing mad over it for no rational reason.
- greglindahl 8y agoI was more making the point that it's reasonable for copyright owners to not get paid extra in every circumstance. But we're not going to have a nice discussion about it after an accusation of theft and piracy.
- jandrese 8y agoYeah, but think of all of the money that could be made by the publishers.
- HNLurker2 8y agoDoesn't in Europe all research papers be made free by 2020:https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/28/eu-ministers-2020-target-free-access-scientific-papers https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/may/28/eu-ministers... Something Aron Schwartz envisioned?