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> the bizarre false scarcity model of e-book sharing The scarcity is in our willingness to pay sufficient taxes to allow the library to purchase more book lice
by danans 5y ago
> the bizarre false scarcity model of e-book sharing
The scarcity is in our willingness to pay sufficient taxes to allow the library to purchase more book licenses, and in doing so possibly negotiate bulk discounts.
That is, unless you are arguing that the government should force authors/publishers to sell their e-books at a discount to public libraries. It's not clear why authors/publishers would agree to that.
- pirate787 5y agoStrawman argument. The reality is the vast majority of books should already be free to distribute, as the copyright should have expired. Just roll back copyright to 28 years, as it was originally in the US, and let information be free.