@AndersBaerbock @internetarchive I guess by that logic I can't lend a book to my friends, since I'm transmitting a book without the publisher's permission.
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@AndersBaerbock @internetarchive I guess by that logic I can't lend a book to my friends, since I'm transmitting a book without the publisher's permission. 10 comments
@AndersBaerbock @internetarchive Do I not move a book through space when I hand it to a friend? @socks @internetarchive It is not telepathy)) Anyway, you may benefit from distinguishing the concept of «physical book» which refers to the physical item, and the generic concept of «book» which refers to a literary work which can exist in a variety of mediums (e.g. physically printed, electronic, audio, etc.). @AndersBaerbock @internetarchive anyways, say I go donate some books to my library, they add those books to their collection and start circulating them. They didn't get permission to give those books out or store them from the publisher, hell, they didn't even pay for them. It's still not piracy. @socks @internetarchive In contrast, storing and lending the printed item is not forbidden and therefore the library does not need to ask for permission. @AndersBaerbock @internetarchive If that's considered piracy under the law, then the law should be changed. There is no functional difference whether one loans a book digitally or physically. @socks @internetarchive For publishers, there's actually an important difference: When libraries lend physical books, those items get worn out and eventually need replacement. Besides the hassle for the user who may prefer to buy his/her own copy instead of making recurrent trips to borrow one. @AndersBaerbock @internetarchive Digital books, and by extension anything digital, becomes obsolete and unreadable if not either replaced or maintained. A good example of this is the Domesday Book. The physical version from almost 1000 years ago is still readable, but an electronic version from the 80s is almost impossible to look through now because no modern computers can read it and no one bothered to maintain it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBC_Domesday_Project @socks @internetarchive But that's a talk for another thread. Have a great Sunday. @AndersBaerbock @socks @internetarchive Uhh: https://blog.archive.org/2022/11/15/digital-books-wear-out-faster-than-physical-books/ Not to mention maintaining the storage medium and server hosting the said books. |
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You can lend your physical books to your friends, family, colleagues, etc.
Re-read the copyright notice, the verb «transmit» is used in the sense 2a of Merriam-Webster's dictionary: to cause (something, such as light or force) to pass or be conveyed through space or a medium.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/transmit