▲ 307 ▼ Internet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court win (arstechnica.com) submitted 2 years ago by jeffw@lemmy.world [M] to c/news@lemmy.world 24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 18 points 2 years ago (1 child) Understandable, but a huge bummer nevertheless permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Take a step back. Is it really understandable? A digital resource, that costs nothing to reproduce, is being artificially restricted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The economy is based on goods and services being exchanged for money. A book is a good that took time and resources to create. A publisher invested into that good with the intent to make a profit, and having it available online for free without their consent circumvents that. I'm not saying it's ethical or that I agree with it, I'm just saying it makes sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago having it available online for free without their consent circumvents that. In this particular case the publishers are trying to double dip Controlled Digital Lending is the library practice whereby a library owns a book, digitizes it, and loans either the physical book or the digital copy to one user at a time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (1 child) Take a step back. Is it really understandable? A digital resource, that costs nothing to reproduce, is being artificially restricted. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The economy is based on goods and services being exchanged for money. A book is a good that took time and resources to create. A publisher invested into that good with the intent to make a profit, and having it available online for free without their consent circumvents that. I'm not saying it's ethical or that I agree with it, I'm just saying it makes sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago having it available online for free without their consent circumvents that. In this particular case the publishers are trying to double dip Controlled Digital Lending is the library practice whereby a library owns a book, digitizes it, and loans either the physical book or the digital copy to one user at a time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) The economy is based on goods and services being exchanged for money. A book is a good that took time and resources to create. A publisher invested into that good with the intent to make a profit, and having it available online for free without their consent circumvents that. I'm not saying it's ethical or that I agree with it, I'm just saying it makes sense. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago having it available online for free without their consent circumvents that. In this particular case the publishers are trying to double dip Controlled Digital Lending is the library practice whereby a library owns a book, digitizes it, and loans either the physical book or the digital copy to one user at a time. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago having it available online for free without their consent circumvents that. In this particular case the publishers are trying to double dip Controlled Digital Lending is the library practice whereby a library owns a book, digitizes it, and loans either the physical book or the digital copy to one user at a time. permalink fedilink source parent