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It is worth noting this is a US only oddity. In almost every other country in the world libraries do pay a royalty to lend books. It's notable that the IA ser
by Mindwipe 2y ago
It is worth noting this is a US only oddity.
In almost every other country in the world libraries do pay a royalty to lend books.
It's notable that the IA service was not geofiltered to the US only.
- account42 2y agoAFAIK the IA does not operate outside the US. The notion that every entity needs to either follow foreign laws or make sure people from other jurisdictions cannot acces their services is absurd.
- Mindwipe 2y agoYou don't like it, but that doesn't make it absurd. It is how every country in the world operates with sites coming into their borders. The IA doesn't geofilter it's availability, and therefore it is subject to the laws of the country it does any substantive distribution to, same as every other website in the entire world.