Thread: Copyright vs. public library: the next big battleground?
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Old 10-31-2010, 04:27 PM   #33
Gwen Morse
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Originally Posted by Barcey View Post
It's another option, but if you're willing to absorb the wrath of the rights holders by only paying them pennies it would be less expensive to just legalize file sharing or reduce copyright to 7 years. I was just suggesting a model that I believe the rights holders might be willing to accept.
I think the pay pennies part was per-use, which can add up over time. If a library pays 5c a book, and lends a book out 20 times in a year, that's $1.00 a year. Now, multiply that by a thousand libraries, and the author has added a grand to their bottom line. The author sees a nice payout, but the library is only charged "pennies" per ebook lend.

That model would still wreak havoc on library budgets, but I can see that it would please authors.
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