This lawsuit against the Internet Archive is not just to close down their ebook lending program. They've already closed down lending unlimited copies of books they have in their stacks. (Remember, the IA is also an actual, traditional library.)
Billionaires can own libraries too. In fact, historically it’s very common. Didn’t stop them from some light piracy now and then either.
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And yet, you have on one hand the lending library you do criticize in strong terms, and the corporation owned by a reclusive billionaire family that squeezes libraries and educational institutions everywhere for greater profit, which you do not.
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Oh, you want me to say fuck Macmillan? Absolutely fuck Macmillan. I think their stance on digital rights and ebooks has been absolutely atrocious for years. That still doesn’t excuse you mobbing up with everyone else and going after someone who is not Macmillan.
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And again, since you seem absolutely determined to ignore this point - I have no issues with the IA and it sharing works it has the rights to. It’s a noble endeavor. Making it harder for marginalized authors to survive is not.
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Neither is attacking someone for pointing that out, especially when they are not involved with the entities who are actually trying to get rid of the IA. Go yell at Disney all you want. I’ll back you to the hilt.
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