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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•edit-21 year agoYou can copy blu-rays you got from your library. You can scan a book. If the time spend doing so, is your only argument, that’s pretty weak. No offense, that’s just what it is.
minus-squareMrScottyTaylinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoThe issue is that if you do personal copies you’re not usually putting them out there for the whole world to see publicly.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-21 year agoWith some exceptions, everyone can visit every library everywhere on earth. It’s not different than a big website, aside of some inconsistencies.
minus-squareMrScottyTaylinkfedilinkEnglish-1•1 year agoLibraries aren’t making endless copies of things that people can take and not give back though
You can copy blu-rays you got from your library. You can scan a book. If the time spend doing so, is your only argument, that’s pretty weak. No offense, that’s just what it is.
The issue is that if you do personal copies you’re not usually putting them out there for the whole world to see publicly.
With some exceptions, everyone can visit every library everywhere on earth. It’s not different than a big website, aside of some inconsistencies.
Libraries aren’t making endless copies of things that people can take and not give back though