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Libraries take pains to follow copyright and teach their community members how to legally enjoy works.
by supertrope 3y ago
Libraries take pains to follow copyright and teach their community members how to legally enjoy works.
- sneak 3y agoOnly because they have a return address. The idea that reading a book for free in one context is "legal" and reading the same book for free in another context is "illegal" is simply legal fiction invented by congress to prop up an industry. It's not a law of nature and it's not even logically consistent. You are free to ignore bad laws. Read books for free. It's fine. It's what libraries are for, and it's what the internet is for. The idea of "copies" is irrelevant. If 100 people in parallel all have a file of book on their tablet simultaneously and read it for free or 100 people all serially check out the same single physical instance from a lending library and read it for free the effect (and amount paid to the copyright holder) are precisely the same.
- evancox100 3y agoYou seem not to understand the difference between consuming a good or service that someone else has agreed to pay for, vs not paying for it at all.