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   by unopened 4y ago

   The market considerations for fair use concern the market for the work of authorship as a whole, not a specific format of it. I'm not convinced fair use is the strongest argument in IA's case. But the idea that lending ebook copie
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   by unopened 4y ago

   The concept of "owning" a book digitally is already on shaky ground, since most large publishers only sell licenses for accessing ebooks. You're not actually purchasing a copy in perpetuity like a physical book. Naturally t
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   by unopened 4y ago

   If anything, their "first sale doctrine" route seems like a stronger argument than fair use here. When you purchase a copy of a work, you have the right to lend, sell, or share that copy without any additional payment or permissio
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   by unopened 4y ago

   Aaron Swartz founding the Open Library with IA was a shining moment in web history. Sad to see giant corporations stomping on his vision of a web that offers free access to information for all.