▲ 238 ▼ What free things online should everyone take advantage of? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by cll7793@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 64 comments fedilink hide all child comments What free resources do you know on the internet that everyone should use? Potential Category Ideas FOSS Software Quality of Life Public Services Other List of Lists Personal Finance Github Awesome Repositories Firefox Addons Free Research/Books Piracy Sites & Lists Real Life Resources Links and Resources Github - Awesome Lemmy - What are some useful links everyone should know? Reddit - Mirror Post Wikipedia - FOSS List
[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago (1 child) Why would you need to borrow and return in this scenario? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] simple@lemm.ee 35 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just legality. These are paid books that they can't give away for free, but acting as a library they can let you borrow them, read them, and "return" them. In practice you'll rarely feel this system because you can just re-borrow it whenever you want to read it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago Just legality. The legality was only ever a grey area. Their days may be numbered, however. During the lockdowns they removed the one physical copy per digital copy lent, and as a result of that they got sued. Instead of settling out of court they drummed up donations to a legal fund and lost hard, and during the trial a judge ruled that their practice was illegal. In my opinion, they should have done everything they could have to settle out of court, rather than try and build a frivilous defense that had no grounding in law. Right now, they're appealing it, so I guess that's why it's still up. However it looks like their strategy isn't any better now than it was then. But hey, their laywer's getting paid. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] simple@lemm.ee 35 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just legality. These are paid books that they can't give away for free, but acting as a library they can let you borrow them, read them, and "return" them. In practice you'll rarely feel this system because you can just re-borrow it whenever you want to read it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago Just legality. The legality was only ever a grey area. Their days may be numbered, however. During the lockdowns they removed the one physical copy per digital copy lent, and as a result of that they got sued. Instead of settling out of court they drummed up donations to a legal fund and lost hard, and during the trial a judge ruled that their practice was illegal. In my opinion, they should have done everything they could have to settle out of court, rather than try and build a frivilous defense that had no grounding in law. Right now, they're appealing it, so I guess that's why it's still up. However it looks like their strategy isn't any better now than it was then. But hey, their laywer's getting paid. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 27 points 2 years ago Just legality. The legality was only ever a grey area. Their days may be numbered, however. During the lockdowns they removed the one physical copy per digital copy lent, and as a result of that they got sued. Instead of settling out of court they drummed up donations to a legal fund and lost hard, and during the trial a judge ruled that their practice was illegal. In my opinion, they should have done everything they could have to settle out of court, rather than try and build a frivilous defense that had no grounding in law. Right now, they're appealing it, so I guess that's why it's still up. However it looks like their strategy isn't any better now than it was then. But hey, their laywer's getting paid. permalink fedilink source parent