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Originally Posted by SteveEisenberg
I've just been looking at www.openlibrary.org, and there's a lot there. ...
Also, I'm curious about how they can do this. Open Library seems too big and connected (see http://openlibrary.org/libraries) to ignore copyright law, but I can't see where, in their model, anyone is getting paid. |
At first glance, the
FAQ and other pages seem to lay out a process in which the library (connected with
archive.org) receives gifts of physical books, scans the books, and makes the digital file available to borrowers subject to legal limitations that would apply to the physical book. It seems that if they have one physical copy of the book, they will lend one and only one digital copy, while holding the physical book. But my summary is only from a quick glance at the site.