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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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?
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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!
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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.
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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
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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 -
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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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.
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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!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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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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
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