The Nation article bases its whole apocalyptic tone on the fact that the complaint uses the phrase "illegally scanned" at one point Like come the fuck on
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*Everyone* wants to "change the definition of owning a book" because in the digital era that idea doesn't *have* a definition because everything about it fundamentally works differently That's the whole point
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honestly, they had to know something along the lines of this lawsuit would happen when they kicked off the “emergency open library” shtick. don’t start a fight if you’re not prepared for the full range of results.
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Yeah I mean people are hitting the roof at people pointing this out saying it's "victim blaming" etc But I mean the Authors Guild, SFWA, the NWU, etc have been loudly and vociferously arguing CDL is illegal for *nine years*
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