Thread: Archive.org, Google and Piracy
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Old 04-01-2020, 04:32 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by stumped View Post
I am with the Internet Archive on this: a temp fix to help with lockdowns trumps copyright. ( as most libraries and bookstores have been force-closed anyway)

"Right now, today, there are 650 million books that tax-paying citizens have paid to access that are sitting on shelves in closed libraries, inaccessible to them. And that’s just in public libraries."
Public libraries still have digital collections that are available 24/7 for check out during their closures. So lack of access to physical books is not an excuse for piracy by the IA.
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