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Internet Archive Defends Digital Rights for Libraries

• fsflover 3y ago
  Recent discussions highlighting why this is important: E-books are becoming tools of corporate surveillance (fastcompany.com) 123 points by the-mitr 5 days ago | 90 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38622343 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38622343 DRM-free e-books are a big deal (2019) (libraryjournal.com) 307 points by meristohm 60 days ago | 242 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37937451 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37937451
  • trinsic2 3y ago
    Thanks for the reference info.
  • leotravis10 3y ago
    Here's three more that I feel it's important: An app called Libby and the big business of library e-books (2021) (newyorker.com) 186 points by samizdis | 141 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28390791 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28390791 The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries (karawynn.substack.com) 249 points by mrzool 4 months ago | 399 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36998643 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36998643 When you buy a book, you can loan it to anyone – a judge says libraries can’t (thenation.com) 99 points by yours truly 8 months ago | 39 comments https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35645309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35645309