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Still, under the CDL it is only one book, one person. This is significantly different from a site like Anna's Archive.
by cmiles74 2y ago
Still, under the CDL it is only one book, one person. This is significantly different from a site like Anna's Archive.
- EarlKing 2y agoNo, it isn't. They're issuing a copy to the reader for the duration of their checkout. Your argument might hold some weight if they scanned a book, destroyed the book, and then deleted the book from their own servers every time it was lent out... but that's not how CDL works. What they're doing is unambiguously copying.
- cmiles74 2y agoThey aren't lending the physical book and the digital book simultaneously; there's only ever one "book" lent. To my mind this is materially different from sites like Anna's Archive.
- EarlKing 2y agoThe law is the law, and the court doesn't care about your opinion. They broke the law. Seriously, I don't understand the reluctance of some to admit this. It's almost like the rule of law just doesn't exist for you as long as it's a cause you care about. Even more puzzling is the idea that you should just wantonly break the law in a way that drags down good institutions with you as if your own personal battle with bad law is more important than anything else. It really isn't, and I wish some of you would accept that fact rather than trying to one-up each other on the internet. It's not helping anybody.
- kilolima 2y agoCivil disobedience is breaking the law. Are you suggesting that Rosa Parks should have sat in the back of the bus?