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Ah, sure. Let me just go back in time and make sure my parents are rich to get the small millions dollars loans I'll need to start the capital accumulation ball

Ah, sure. Let me just go back in time and make sure my parents are rich to get the small millions dollars loans I'll need to start the capital accumulation ball rolling and provide me the positive liberty needed to risk and fail a handful of times till it sticks. That said, I am providing a vast online digital library to the public already. Digital libraries don't need massive amounts of capital or real estate. I just host a tor onion website with a directory listing and now anyone can read the books I have. And that is the kind of thing the book publishers are trying to stop here.

vorpalhex 4y ago
People have built libraries for thousands of years. My neighbor runs a small library using donated books. Your local library could do with donations. It does not take a billionaire to build a library. That you are giving me this excuse that you can't do anything because you are not rich is just an excuse. And had you researched this, you would see that most of the top billionaires DO contributes millions to building libraries. Gates alone has built a significant amount around the world.
- superkuh 4y ago
  I guess we're ignoring the part where I explained I've been running my own digital library for the public (for almost 20 years now) and how the original article is about digital lending and how publishers are trying to kill it. But re: building a physical library, most of us (myself included) don't even have the capital to own the places where we live. Buying (or renting) another space is totally out of the question. Tiny libraries (essentially large mailbox size) in people's yards are cool and I've put some books into them before. Saying "Just build a library." is out of touch. And even if it was a community project (time is money) that succeeded we'd have the publishers come in with legal attacks to try to shut down digital lending.

vorpalhex 4y ago

People have built libraries for thousands of years. My neighbor runs a small library using donated books. Your local library could do with donations. It does not take a billionaire to build a library. That you are giving me this excuse that you can't do anything because you are not rich is just an excuse. And had you researched this, you would see that most of the top billionaires DO contributes millions to building libraries. Gates alone has built a significant amount around the world.

superkuh 4y ago
I guess we're ignoring the part where I explained I've been running my own digital library for the public (for almost 20 years now) and how the original article is about digital lending and how publishers are trying to kill it. But re: building a physical library, most of us (myself included) don't even have the capital to own the places where we live. Buying (or renting) another space is totally out of the question. Tiny libraries (essentially large mailbox size) in people's yards are cool and I've put some books into them before. Saying "Just build a library." is out of touch. And even if it was a community project (time is money) that succeeded we'd have the publishers come in with legal attacks to try to shut down digital lending.