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    1. Chuck Wendig‏Verified account @ChuckWendig 29 Mar 2020

      Last thing I'll say on this is, yes, perhaps it was overwrought to call the IA a "pirate site" -- but it is obviously functioning well outside its purview at this point, and is out of bounds in what it sometimes offers in terms of authors' copyrighted works. OKAY BYE.

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    2.  😩 ☁️‏ @WearySky 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @ChuckWendig

      The services that regular libraries use for ebook lending are also starting to lift the artificial limits on checked out e-copies right now, does that make them pirates too?

      5 replies 0 retweets 20 likes
    3. AmyCat  😺 #ByeDon!‏ @BookUniverse 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @WearySky @ChuckWendig

      The libraries which are closed for paper books lending have arranged with publishers for a TEMPORARY loosening on eBook limits BECAUSE they can’t lend the hard copies they ALSO bought legitimately. Internet Archive did NOT do this! #Pirates

      1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
    4.  😩 ☁️‏ @WearySky 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @BookUniverse @ChuckWendig

      Internet archive also only TEMPORARILY removed their limit, from books that they legitimately acquired - they've been championing responsible digital lending (only one lend at a time, per physical copy they keep on premises) for years.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    5.  😩 ☁️‏ @WearySky 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @WearySky @BookUniverse @ChuckWendig

      Their library also consists primarily of public domain, out of print books, or other books that otherwise don't have any legit ebook availability. Their primary goal (which is why they're supported by so many libraries and librarians) is getting more books legitimately to readers

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    6. AmyCat  😺 #ByeDon!‏ @BookUniverse 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @WearySky @ChuckWendig

      Just because SOME of the books available from #InternetArchivePirates are out of copyright, it does NOT excuse their putting up STOLEN copyrighted books! They have been doing this for YEARS, not just since the pandemic!

      1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
    7.  😩 ☁️‏ @WearySky 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @BookUniverse @ChuckWendig

      Ok, let's get into their policy frombefore the pandemic. Explain to me how making a digital copy and lending out that digital copy (with DRM protection and timed check outs, as they did) is any different, philosophically, from lending out the physical copy itself?

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    8.  😩 ☁️‏ @WearySky 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @WearySky @BookUniverse @ChuckWendig

      Prior to the pandemic, they only checked out as many digital copies as they had physical copies on hand. To the best of my knowledge, they're not stealing the physical copies they have on hand. They're not lending out the physical copies.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. AmyCat  😺 #ByeDon!‏ @BookUniverse 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @WearySky @ChuckWendig

      If I bought (or was given) a used copy of Chuck’s book, scanned it, and then made the PDF available for ANYONE IN THE WORLD to download, I would be a #Pirate. Just because it’s a large & well-intentioned Archive doing this (since 2017 or before!) doesn’t make it LEGAL or RIGHT!

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    10.  😩 ☁️‏ @WearySky 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @BookUniverse @ChuckWendig

      And if you added DRM to it so that only one person at a time could read it, and the copy expires after 14 days (which is what IA is doing), you would be practicing Controlled Digital Lending, something promoted by many libraries around the world.

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect 29 Mar 2020
      Replying to @WearySky @BookUniverse @ChuckWendig

      It's only legal if you actually ask for permission from the rightsholder to do this and pay whatever fee they demand for it, which may well be substantially higher than the price of the physical book

      5:36 PM - 29 Mar 2020
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