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Wow. Do they have any idea why librarians refuse to keep records of who check out what book? This is a billion times worse.

• poulson 13y ago
  Is there any legal protection for users' reading lists in libraries? Because it would be wonderful if someone could set up a legal online library which would extend such protections onto the internet.
  • dictum 13y ago
    You bring a point I hadn't thought of yet: aside from illegal downloading, you can't buy an ebook anonymously.
    • schoen 13y ago
      See also Julie Cohen's 1996 paper on this problem: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=17990 https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=17990
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