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Kind of weird to remove a bunch of books from a library that has controlled digital lending as punishment for a period of time where they removed those controls
by rpdillon 2y ago
Kind of weird to remove a bunch of books from a library that has controlled digital lending as punishment for a period of time where they removed those controls. If there was damage during the time they removed the controls, then that's worth talking about. But they effectively work like any other library today (they buy a copy, digitize it, and then lend out the digital copy one at a time just like the physical work), so I don't see how removing books really helps anybody.
I think the misunderstanding is whether or not IA is making many copies or not. My impression is that they are not.
- pie_flavor 2y agoI do not know how you would end up with that impression, because for each person who downloads a copy, the IA has made a copy. Regarding the removal of books, if they were licensed to the IA in a way that allows for 'digital lending', and the IA then violates that license agreement, then the IA no longer has the license and cannot anymore do 'digital lending'. And if they weren't licensed to the IA in such a way, then they're making and distributing copies without a license to do so, which is copyright infringement.
- rpdillon 2y agoWe're using different defintions of copy, and that's not an interesting discussion. For the rest, we're having different conversations. I'm not concerned with the law as much as I'm concerned about what's good for society in this case.