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I can see the case of how it might be fair use. And yet I don't want to be stuck with digital libraries that attempt to impose dead-tree limitations onto ebook
by musicale 4y ago
I can see the case of how it might be fair use.
And yet I don't want to be stuck with digital libraries that attempt to impose dead-tree limitations onto ebooks.
Some of the greatest (and natural/intrinsic) benefits from encoding books in digital form include that:
- they can potentially be read simultaneously by an unlimited number of readers (like web pages)
- they can potentially be duplicated and distributed anywhere on the internet, essentially for free (like email)
- they don't need to be returned to the library
Shouldn't we be taking advantage of these intrinsic benefits rather than trying to suppress them?