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https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20191108/23524343352/giant-publisher-macmillan-goes-to-war-against-libraries.shtml>
"We've joked in the past that, given the insane state of copyright
maximalism, if libraries were invented today, it's quite clear that book
publishers would insist they were dens of piracy and had to be stopped
at all costs. It is, at best, the luck of history that libraries got
"grandfathered" in before copyright system maximalists went completely
out of their minds. But, in fact, copyright holders still do appear to
hate libraries and wish they'd go away. Case in point: publishing giant
Macmillan, which has decided that libraries shouldn't be lending ebooks
any more."
Followup:
https://kcls.org/news/kcls-boycotts-macmillan-publishers-ebook-embargo/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
