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That was my understand as well. Which is why the Cornell link from above is confusing since it seems to explicitly allow for 1:1 copies.
by _aavaa_ 3y ago
That was my understand as well. Which is why the Cornell link from above is confusing since it seems to explicitly allow for 1:1 copies.
- gojomo 2y agoSome of the language in the Cornell page implies to me it's specific to "preservation" copies, not necessarily other format-shifts for lending. But the interactions of tradition, legal precedents, and different laws in different places are complicated, and subject to interpretation & various shifting balances-of-considerations! That's why it's silly when armchair opinionators casually judge, "IA clearly did something wrong". There's a lot of room in the law for fair-use copying, even against the rightsholders' strongest wishes, and especially for librarylike activities.