Techdirt Podcast Episode 297: The Future Of Libraries
from the public-good dept
The notion that if libraries didn’t exist already, the publishing industry wouldn’t allow them to exist at all is both a grim joke and a depressing truth, as continually evidenced by the opposition of publishers to seemingly unobjectionable technologies like controlled digital lending, which aim to allow libraries to carry their mission forward into the digital age. This week, we’re joined by Jennie Rose Halperin, executive director of the Library Futures Institute, to discuss the institute’s new paper on the subject and the legality of and opposition to controlled digital lending, and what it tells us about the future of libraries.
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Filed Under: books, copyright, jennie rose halperin, libraries, library futures, podcast
Comments on “Techdirt Podcast Episode 297: The Future Of Libraries”
Actually...
According to this torrentfreak article: https://torrentfreak.com/you-cant-defend-public-libraries-and-oppose-file-sharing-150510/
Publishers hated libraries since before the beginning of copyright law:
But sadly:
Like a forgotten concept of why copyright allows libraries to loan out books.
Libraries actually predate copyright.
Re: Actually...
Yes! You’re totally right, and I can’t believe I forgot to mention that libraries predate copyright (big part of our last webinar with Ariel Katz: https://archive.org/details/why-cdl-now)
Check out this tweet, which is a little rejoinder. Thanks for listening!
https://twitter.com/library_futures/status/1359908802271789063
Re: Actually...
Considering that the Library of Alexandria predated the Statute of Anne, that is over 9000% correct.
Transcript?
A while back there was a an inkling that transcripts were soon to be available.
Is that happening yet? I don’t see a visible link anywhere.
thx.