Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2001 16:46:36 -0600 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: "Dr Nancy's Sweetie" <kilroy@copland.rowan.edu> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ok, try this one: www.t13.org Message-ID: <15042.27084.90225.274729@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <17510.985812922@copland.rowan.edu> References: <17510.985812922@copland.rowan.edu>
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Dr Nancy's Sweetie <kilroy@copland.rowan.edu> types: > I thought this was a bit over the top until I read comments from a > spokeswoman for a publisher's assocation. She explained that they've been > lobbying Congress to limit lending libraries, but few Congressmen want to > be seen as being against libraries. Ideally, she explained, libraries > would have to charge a fee to anyone who checked out a book, and would > only be allowed to stock old books. What's more, only the person who > checked out a book would be allowed to read it (though she granted that > this would be difficult to enforce as long as books are still printed on > paper). Do you have a reference for this? I knew that large publishers were attacking libraries access to new technology, but this takes things to new extremes. Of course, it's the same direction they've been pushing things for most of the last century. Bleah, <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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