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Originally Posted by Gwen Morse
Overdrive does not have the right to take *my* tax dollars and then limit the way I access library books.
I'm a tax-payer. I pay for the library. Overdrive does not pay for the library in my locality (Overdrive does not have offices in my neighborhood). *Yes*, they're providing a service, but that service does *not* give them the right to come between me and my library books. Overdrive does that for the benefit of the publishers, not for the benefit of the library patrons.
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Agreed. And last time I checked, libraries and librarians are in the business of
encouraging reading. Not
discouraging it. I've known and lived with librarians over the years, and I never met one who didn't want everyone to be able to read more. DRM is not there because the libraries want it or care about it. It is there purelyfor the interests of the publisher.