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This thing "Controlled Digital Lending" is either impossible or tyrannical. In either case, it is idiotic to pretend it to be a solution to anything. Controll
by enriquto 6y ago
This thing "Controlled Digital Lending" is either impossible or tyrannical. In either case, it is idiotic to pretend it to be a solution to anything.
Controlled Digital Lending is impossible because if someone can read a page of text on their computer, then they can also scan the whole book automatically. Thus readers can lend a book for a second, and keep a copy of it forever under their control. Once they have a copy, they can share it privately with other people at no cost.
Pretending that Controlled Digital Lending is possible is tyrannical because it requires that people not be able to run arbitrary software on their computers, and that they cannot communicate privately between them. As long as general computing devices are available and that private communication is possible, Controlled Digital Lending is a physical impossibility.
- Denvercoder9 6y agoYou can also scan a hardcopy obtained from a library. It works because most people want to follow the law, don't care or don't bother.
- enriquto 6y agoSure, you can, and it is alright. You would not accept a policeman controlling all your movements at home just to prevent you from scanning the book; would you?
- random_savv 6y agoExcept it takes hours to scan a hardcopy. > Thus readers can lend a book for a second, and keep a copy of it forever under their control Unless you were referring to this; in this case, how is this _Controlled_ Digital Lending?
- posterboy 6y agothere are machines to speed it up, but as it usually this, it only reaches a threshold when everybody, could and would buy it on the cheap. Nevertheless, controled purchase would be out of the question in your case, too, would it? Or is that controled inasmuch digital lending can be persued?