One of the suggestions in the article is that other EU countries are beginning to climb on board. If that is the case then with any luck at all, the ridiculous

One of the suggestions in the article is that other EU countries are beginning to climb on board. If that is the case then with any luck at all, the ridiculous 1870 limit due to instance copyright problems may erode and eventually disappear. Should that happen it is even conceivable that a similar effect might return to or shores to accomplish the same thing. The future 'net' should include the totality of all national libraries available or what's a net for?