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posted on 2024.09.02 at 15:46:02 (c=0, p=3)
Internet Archive Loses on Appeal
Libraries can lend paper books for free but must pay outrageous fees to publishers to lend scans of paper books.
Remember: the Internet Archive owned paper copies of the books they lent. They scanned the paper book, and only allowed one person to view the scan at one time. Each patron had a limited time to view the book before other patrons had a chance. This is as close to lending the paper copy as possible without the patron actually touching the paper copy.
Publishers were upset because this digital lending gave them no more power, control, or money than they receive from selling paper books to libraries. Publishers rent ebooks to libraries in such a way that they get income from them constantly, and not just one time. Renting ebooks to libraries also allows publishers to spy on readers.
arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20…
torrentfreak.com/internet-arch…
#books #ebooks #scanned-books #scanned-paper-books #rent #library #libraries #freedom #liberty #surveillance #control #power #greed
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Due to continental drift, the remains of dinosaurs have traveled thousands of kilometers from the place of death to the place where they were found #drift
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I eventually took time to share my neovim config file and comment it line by line:
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Hopefully it can inspire someone out there.
So #APNIC58 is a wrap! Conference photos are up, with #LibreQoS friend Duncan Cameron inside as well 
Check them out:
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Publisher: Bläckfisk PublishingOnce a haven for disciples of tabletop delights, whispers now speak of dark forces stirring within the ancient ruins. Will the heroes dare to brave whatever trials await them and purge the darkness from these hallowed halls?…
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in reply to Tom Joad • • •Someone decided the solution was.
Nuke Musk.
But in the courts.
His Brazil Aspirations suffocated under 50 light years of court paper .
Tom Joad
in reply to Medea Vanamonde🏳️⚧️ ♀ • • •Other countries need to follow Brazil's lead.
SILVER BACALLS
in reply to Tom Joad • • •Maybe some will. His rw influencer, pool, is going to prison for laundering money for russia. House of Cards.
Tom Joad
in reply to SILVER BACALLS • • •They have a lot in common, don't they?