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> lending out more copies than they bought Legality aside, why is this acceptable for banks but not books? Banks can create money out of nothing to enrich the
by joquarky 2y ago
> lending out more copies than they bought
Legality aside, why is this acceptable for banks but not books?
Banks can create money out of nothing to enrich themselves, but libraries can't lend out more books than they have to enrich society?
Contemporary copyright law is pernicious and IMO if not drastically reformed soon, will be made moot and obsolete by genAI.
- paulcole 2y ago> Banks can create money out of nothing to enrich themselves, but libraries can't lend out more books than they have to enrich society? Others are enriched by the made up money the banks lend out, too. The people who buy homes, start businesses, go to college, etc. But yeah, I think otherwise you have a decent understanding of it.
- mazambazz 2y ago[dead]