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Old 12-29-2011, 08:23 PM   #79
BWinmill
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Originally Posted by wizwor View Post
I'm no fan of copyright law, but public libraries are nothing more than a loophole in this. My public library has DVD, VHS, and audio book sections that are MUCH more popular than the book section. There are copy machines which are used almost exclusively to violate copyright law. All at taxpayer expense.
Yeap, I sure see people lining up to use those copy machines in the library. Well, except I don't. If you're doing anything other than copying a few pages for research purposes (which is usually covered under fair use/fair dealing provisions) it turns out to be cheaper to just buy the thing. As for media, it is possible to view or listen to it in a couple of hours and libraries usually give you a week to do so. So why would you want to violate copyright law?

I highly doubt that libraries have a negative impact upon copyrights. If anything, they would discourage people from violating copyright laws since legal avenues are available to them.
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