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During the pandemic, libraries closed and weren't lending out physical books at all. Did the emergency policy lend more digital books than the number of physica
by cmiles74 4y ago
During the pandemic, libraries closed and weren't lending out physical books at all. Did the emergency policy lend more digital books than the number of physical books locked in libraries? We'll probably never know, but I think that was the logic.
The scanned books are not so much fun to read, it is definitely less ergonomic than a Kindle. I would expect those using the program likely needed it.
- boomboomsubban 4y ago>Did the emergency policy lend more digital books than the number of physical books locked in libraries? We'll probably never know, but I think that was the logic. The most checked out book, The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe, had ~850 check outs. I think it's safe to assume they didn't come close to the amount of physical books locked in libraries. Not that it's very important, the pandemic policy is barely mentioned in this ruling.
- ocdtrekkie 4y agoThis is a justification that makes sense in theory, but the Internet Archive doesn't own those books and can't track them. If they had asked libraries to explicitly send parts of their collection to the IA for this, that might've held some weight.
- Aeolun 4y agoThat’s irrelevant to the defense, which would probably amount to ‘publishers didn’t suffer any material loss’.
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- therealdrag0 4y agoLibraries negotiate ebook rates with publishers. I don’t see why there would be any correlation with physical copies.