> What about the authors and publishers? What about the bookstores! People will just steal and/or destroy the books! People don’t even read anymore! I am quite

> What about the authors and publishers? What about the bookstores! People will just steal and/or destroy the books! People don’t even read anymore! I am quite confident they would never get built in any major western democracy today. Unfortunately modern (digital) libraries cannot currently be built in a way that would deliver on many of the greatest inherent benefits of digital technology (unlimited readers, free delivery to anyone in the world via the internet, unlimited sharing and copying, automatic translation into readers' preferred languages, no limits on number of books taken out or reading time, etc.) without running afoul of copyright law.