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<< If libraries were distributing copies of their existing books they would be sued for copyright infringement. There may be a question of definition here. Do
by A4ET8a8uTh0 4y ago
<< If libraries were distributing copies of their existing books they would be sued for copyright infringement.
There may be a question of definition here. Do you mean that they have to lend it, but they cannot give it away?
- Borealid 4y agoThe parent post makes the unwise choice of using the word "copy" to mean "duplicate". They intend to say "libraries do not distribute duplicates of purchased books; they distribute the originals". Unfortunately the word "copy" could also mean "the books purchased by the library". Of course the library distributes purchased books. They just don't scan the books, print fascimiles of those books on new paper, and then distribute those prints they made themselves.
- granzymes 4y agoAh, thank you. Replaced "copies" with "duplicates" in my post
- zuminator 4y agoI think what GP is saying is that when lending (or for that matter giving away) print books, libraries don't copy anything, they just distribute purchased works, which they have a fundamental right to do (in the US). That's different from the IA first making a digital copy and then distributing that copy, which there is no fundamental right to do.
- granzymes 4y agoYes, exactly.