peanutmilk

peanutmilk t1_je1zch7 wrote

It's not the same though. You can't lend a digital book, you can only copy it. The actual electrons that represent the book in your memory drive are copied over every time you "lend it" so it is not quite the same as with the physical book.

When you buy a physical book, you're also not allowed to make copies of it

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peanutmilk t1_jdwrhza wrote

Faith in the system restored. Blatant stealing of content like that is just not okay.

>Kahle said in a statement. “For democracy to thrive at global scale, libraries must be able to sustain their historic role in society—owning, preserving, and lending books.

Libraries already do this with physical book like they've always done. With digital is different

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