No longer available at all or no longer available for checkout. There is a difference. I'm not trying to be difficult. Again, I like the concept, but the entire article discusses checkout as does the CDL position paper. Some people read within the library without every checking out the book. If the book is still available for use WITHIN the library when its electronic copy is checked out, I don't see this approach being legal. If the hardcopy is pulled from the shelf when the digital version is checked out, then it may be.
I like the idea, but if the hardcopy is still available on the shelf for use within the library when the digital copy is checked out, then I think there is a problem.
I'm trying to find the specifics, but my understanding is that congress gave the IOC a much broader trademark for the words "Olympic" and "Olympian" through a special bill. It has been quite annoying to businesses in Washington located on the Olympic Peninsula, near the Olympic National Park, with a state capitol of Olympia.
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No longer available at all or no longer available for checkout. There is a difference. I'm not trying to be difficult. Again, I like the concept, but the entire article discusses checkout as does the CDL position paper. Some people read within the library without every checking out the book. If the book is still available for use WITHIN the library when its electronic copy is checked out, I don't see this approach being legal. If the hardcopy is pulled from the shelf when the digital version is checked out, then it may be.
What Happens to the Hardcopy?
I like the idea, but if the hardcopy is still available on the shelf for use within the library when the digital copy is checked out, then I think there is a problem.
Blame Congress
I'm trying to find the specifics, but my understanding is that congress gave the IOC a much broader trademark for the words "Olympic" and "Olympian" through a special bill. It has been quite annoying to businesses in Washington located on the Olympic Peninsula, near the Olympic National Park, with a state capitol of Olympia.