If you found out that 500,000 books had been removed from your local public library, at the demands of big publishers who refused to let them buy and lend new copies, and were further suing the lib…

If you found out that 500,000 books had been removed from your local public library, at the demands of big publishers who refused to let them buy and lend new copies, and were further suing the library for damages, wouldn’t you think that would be a major news story? Wouldn’t you think many people would be up in arms about it?

  • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    The make this sound so bad but then you realize that the Internet Library never should of been giving these out to begin with. They complain about being sued but they were the ones that poked the bear.

    Overall I think this author is a but out if touch

  • neidu2@feddit.nlEnglish
    38·
    7 days ago

    Name and shame these publishers, so that enthusiastic “curators” can “make libraries” of their entire catalogs.