A sad day for pro-preservation advocates
The schools are in shambles and books are for the monied elite. Time to donate to your favorite archive site. A buck here, five there can make a difference.
Also, buy physical media. You don’t own digital movies without the file; you’re just given access to them.
In regards to how precedent can fuck over future decisions, could this now cause issues for libraries in the future?
Unlikely.
The in-house scanning service at the Internet Archive (IA) differs from the licensing agreements entered into by other libraries. These agreements see libraries license ‘official’ e-book versions from publishers, who charge for every book that’s lent out to patrons.
Fair enough. Thanks for the clarity.
These agreements see libraries license ‘official’ e-book versions from publishers, who charge for every book that’s lent out to patrons.
So it’s not “unlikely” that it will fuck over libraries. It’s already happened.
Who would win?
- A website offering a public service for the benefit of humanity.
- Capitalists violently controlling imaginary “property” to the detriment of humanity.
I think we all know the answer.
I saw a comment expressing this ruling is only applicable to e-books where there already exists an e-book from the publisher, and that it won’t affect media preservation or books that have been scanned (e.g., old textbooks) and that do not have an e-book. Is this true? If so, it’s not all bad.
