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Originally Posted by Ankh
Yet, we do NOT treat this particular type of the intellectual property (there are others, technology patents come to mind) as a financial or commercial asset. For a very long time, the institution of a library and (almost) free access to the copyrighted material is built into the system as an exception.
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Your first sentence is clearly wrong by the very fact that copyrights and patents are treated this way, and the second sentence about libraries seems to be a non-sequitor. These works are still available in libraries regardless of copyright length.