fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoThe Internet Archive just lost its appeal over ebook lendingwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square151fedilinkarrow-up1964arrow-down114file-textcross-posted to: news@lemmy.worldnews@hexbear.netacademia@mander.xyzpiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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minus-squareeskimofry@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down35·3 months ago Like if your local library got a copy of Book X and then when someone wanted to borrow it they just copied it right there and let you keep the copy. That’s how it works in the rest of the world.
minus-squaredave@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·3 months agoWhat part of the rest of the world are you in?
minus-squareMonkderVierte@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 months agoSome university library probably.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·3 months agoNo it isn’t.
That’s how it works in the rest of the world.
What part of the rest of the world are you in?
Some university library probably.
No it isn’t.