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Originally Posted by issybird
What’s immoral about a library card, you may well ask. Nothing, obviously.
Except. I’m always rather surprised as how open people are about getting or using library cards to which they’re not entitled as a resident or taxpayer. Sharing a card with a friend, for example, and what I think is most common, continuing to use cards after they’ve moved elsewhere. I suspect some have a friend or family member sign them up with a geographically valid IP combined with a physical address. There have been posts about the high costs of borrows to the lending institution, so this isn’t a victimless issue.
So I wonder what people’s thoughts and practices are and do they do things they in fact think they shouldn’t. The poll is private; it’s multiple choice because I’d like people to indicate what they think is the morality of the issue and how they behave, using what means.
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Overdrive does not use GeoIP. I can access my accounts from anywhere. I do it when I'm on vacation. I've accessed Overdrive in the middle of the ocean. I've done it in Mexico, the Bahamas, etc. I've done it in Scotland. I've done it in Florida, New York, and some other states. If Overdrive did use GeoIP, then out of state cards would not work.