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Daktyl198 t1_jduf2eq wrote

IA are definitely in the wrong here, but I’m afraid that the publishers will use this win to push for even more restrictions on normal libraries. As it stands, a normal library has to pay exorbitant amounts of money per copy of an ebook they buy, and the ebook can only be lent a certain number of times before it has to be repurchased.

Combined with libraries getting less and less funding every year, this is going to turn into a death knell for libraries.

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IntrepidReader t1_jdvype6 wrote

We make a product that gets easily damaged, so we will charge libraries an obscene amount of money for a format that doesn't.

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IntrepidReader t1_jebp4ye wrote

Yes, Oh master of the obvious! But why do they have to pay more for an electronic book than a physical book?

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