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Second Circuit Says Libraries Disincentivize Authors to Write Books by Lending

• hn_acker 2y ago
  The original title of the article was: > Second Circuit Says Libraries Disincentivize Authors To Write Books By Lending Them For Free
• codevark 2y ago
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• jfengel 2y ago
  As you’ll recall, the Open Library is no different than a regular library. That's not quite true. They do try to mimic the effect of a library, but the fact that a book can be lent anywhere, at any hour, is different from the hassle of a dead-tree edition. You're not restricted to the single copy that your local library bought. If anyone, anywhere has it, then you can get it. I don't know how much that cuts into potential sales. Probably not much. But I get wary that "no different than a regular library" is disingenuous.