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How are Public Libraries not illegal?
Aren’t public libraries technically in violation of copyright laws? How is the free distribution of copyrighted books different from pirating software, music and films?
Sure, library loans are temporary, but temporarily downloading and later deleting a song/film/program would hardly stop a court of law from prosecuting someone. Libraries certainly hurt the revenue of publishing companies and authors, probably more so even than illegal downloading does record labels.
So why are they sanctioned by the government? Why do publishing companies not protest their copyright infringement?
Many software and music pirates purchase the materials before sharing them with others just as libraries do.
I have no problem with the free availability of information. I’m just curious as to the government’s basis for its inconsistencies.
You clearly don’t understand copyright law. It’s perfectly fine to provide those books to the public because they were lawfully purchased, so the owner (the library) can distribute & use them however they choose. They’d even be allowed to re-sell the books (even at a profit), because they lawfully purchased them to begin with (otherwise, bookstores would be illegal by your logic as well). It’s called the “first sale doctrine,” and it’s a pretty basic tenet of Copyright Law.
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