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ImprobableTruth
on Dec 21, 2021
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Internet Archive as a default host-of-record for s...
We store books in public libraries even if they aren't public domain and authors can do nothing to prevent them from doing so.
ghaff
on Dec 21, 2021
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First sale doctrine in the US. If I buy a physical book, I can give it, loan it, throw it in the trash, etc. This doesn't apply to making electronic copies--see what happened with Google Books for example.
rat9988
on Dec 21, 2021
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If you buy the book, you have an authorization to do so. But you can't put copies of it.
Mezzie
on Dec 21, 2021
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You do if you're an archive, actually.
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