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The copyright police will fall on this like a ton of bricks. Publishers already hate libraries (yes they do), the last thing they want is more of them.
by toyg 4y ago
The copyright police will fall on this like a ton of bricks. Publishers already hate libraries (yes they do), the last thing they want is more of them.
- zem 4y agobut on what legal grounds can they object to shipping around physical books?
- morsch 4y agoThis has been a thing for decades, nobody cares. It doesn't scale to a size that warrants their attention. Not that there's much the publishing industry could do about it if they wanted to. Apart from leaning stronger into ebooks, where people can't do this. But as it stands that'd mean giving Amazon even more power and money.
- labster 4y agoAt this point publishers should just revoke the licenses to all physical books and burn them, so we can prevent this kind of rampant copyright abuse.
- galaxyLogic 4y agoI don't understand why they should hate libraries. Libraries get people hooked on books, then they start buying them. At least that's what happened to me. Libraries typically have a limited length you can keep the books before you must return them. If you really like the book then you will want to buy it.
- suddenclarity 4y agoThe don't. Libraries are a huge money source for publishers. Libraries and publisher's do disagree about the payment model for ebooks but it doesn't mean they hate them. Far from.
- matwood 4y agoHate is the wrong word. Publishers and libraries have a complicated, sometimes antagonistic relationship. It's also important to understand that 'publishers' are not homogenous. Outside of the big 4/5, many publishers love and go out of their way to support libraries. The issue is that the relationship is asymmetric. Even though publishers make good money from libraries, libraries need publishers more than publishers need them right now. IMO, libraries need to continue to move beyond being only thought of as places to read the latest NYT best seller list for free.
- davidgerard 4y ago"Hate" gives you correct predictions of their behaviour, though.
- xvilka 4y agoIt reminds me of AOI series[1] where they were stopped by the planet-scale war/rebellion. The book series is so-so, but a good cautionary tale and few interesting ideas. I am afraid those devils that calling themselves publishers won't stop before crossing any line just to keep their reign. [1] https://www.goodreads.com/series/169314-the-justar-journal https://www.goodreads.com/series/169314-the-justar-journal