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"Releasing all of these copyrighted books for free hurt authors who rely on royalties to live..." Clearly, we should shut down all the other libraries, too.
by mcguire 6y ago
"Releasing all of these copyrighted books for free hurt authors who rely on royalties to live..."
Clearly, we should shut down all the other libraries, too.
- hundchenkatze 6y agoPhysical libraries can't, easily, purchase a book once and loan it out an infinite number of copies at the same time.
- m4rtink 6y agoWith modern technology they can. Isn't it better to enhance this new technology rather than pretend we are stuck back in the middle ages ? We finally have the technology to protect knowledge and culture forever and instead we are trying to invent ways to artificially limit this that could result in important literary works being lost not not mention misused for censorship and suppressing of "unwanted" information.
- ascorbic 6y agoLibraries buy the books, and pay further royalties when they're lent out.
- mcguire 6y ago"...pay further royalties when they're lent out." Not in the US. https://stevelaube.com/will-libraries-eventually-pay-authors/ https://stevelaube.com/will-libraries-eventually-pay-authors... In the UK/Ireland, "the author received about 10 cents (U.S.) per use, with a max of $8,500 (U.S.) per year" but "the copyright holder must be a citizen of that country to participate".