Comments on: Google and Libraries http://toddwiley.com/2004/12/17/google-and-libraries/ Authoritarian rants in my spare time Sun, 21 Aug 2011 22:05:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: ToddWiley http://toddwiley.com/2004/12/17/google-and-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-4287 ToddWiley Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:23:20 +0000 http://toddwiley.com/2004/12/17/google-and-libraries/#comment-4287 I'd refer to the same model used by DVDs. If you own it, you can view it. As I stated, loaning to others outside of the household is morally suspect, but cannot be enforced as wrong. I would just prefer people acknowledge the wrongness of what they are doing and let their own conscious guide them. Why are DVD rental outlets required to negotiate terms with the publisher for compensation, while libraries are not? Or for that matter, I don't believe stores that rent Audiobooks are required to negotiate similar agreements. I'd refer to the same model used by DVDs. If you own it, you can view it. As I stated, loaning to others outside of the household is morally suspect, but cannot be enforced as wrong. I would just prefer people acknowledge the wrongness of what they are doing and let their own conscious guide them. Why are DVD rental outlets required to negotiate terms with the publisher for compensation, while libraries are not? Or for that matter, I don't believe stores that rent Audiobooks are required to negotiate similar agreements.

]]> By: Scott http://toddwiley.com/2004/12/17/google-and-libraries/comment-page-1/#comment-4286 Scott Sat, 26 Sep 2009 15:06:13 +0000 http://toddwiley.com/2004/12/17/google-and-libraries/#comment-4286 "It is this act of reading that gives the book value, and therefore the act of reading should carry cost." So, if I own a book and wish to read it a second time, do I need to send further compensation to the author of that book? What if I just want to re-read part of an earlier chapter in a mystery to remind myself of what happened? “It is this act of reading that gives the book value, and therefore the act of reading should carry cost.”

So, if I own a book and wish to read it a second time, do I need to send further compensation to the author of that book? What if I just want to re-read part of an earlier chapter in a mystery to remind myself of what happened?

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