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It used to be the case the an author could refuse to allow their books to be in a library because of this, but the law changed, and authors could no longer "opt-out" of the the library system. PLR was introduced as compensation for this loss of choice. |
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BTW, if you had ever done business with Swedish companies you would know that despite their affable image Swedish business people are very tough and extremely profit driven, far more so than many corporate suits of US companies. I can only understand this problem faced by Swedish libraries if they have not limited the number of a given book that can be loaned at a given time. This is obviously a design flaw that has to be changed (what would they do in case of a Harry Potter kind of blockbuster hitting the shelves?). $ 3 / download also seems to be a very high fee. Last edited by CommonReader; 12-30-2011 at 10:31 PM. |
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Most of us pay for data consumption anyway, the idea of an idea encoded into a bit, we are essentially paying twice for the same thing, or we are being double dipped upon by these content commodifiers. In the past we used to think that the property in question when talking about books was the book itself and not the text contained therein, now of course we know better, but there is still perhaps a bit more thinking to do on the subject. |
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I think he might be ranting against the droit de suite, where artists are indeed entitled to a royalty payment upon the resale of their works of art. It's fairly common in the EU. California has it, too, although it obviously only applies to works of fine art.
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Privately-funded libraries would be a different matter. But ones supported by tax dollars are supposed to be operated for the benefit of the public--and that includes "the authors whose books are being read without purchase." I wish we had something like that in the US; it'd make authors more supportive of libraries, and they'd be able to use library data to claim their books are more popular that raw sales numbers might indicate. It'd make communities aware that their library-tax dollars are doing something specific and useful; not just "supporting the library," but "supporting Authors X and Y." Quote:
None of that, of course, applies to ebooks; those, the library generally doesn't have the option to "purchase." They only get to license them, under whatever terms the publisher chooses to set. |
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If you wish to say I am "anti-socialist," I will agree with you. Actually I an an independent that hates all the parties because they are essentially the same and all are beholden to the big money interests. |
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Yes I made a mistake about Sweden. I get the Nordic countries mixed up sometimes. Sweden has very little oil revenue. The $3 dollar lending fee is in my opinion a glaring fallacy of a socialist government. I am kind of glad they do that. It easily proves my main point. And I think my other examples were correct. I am very happy to see the action Sweden took regarding the decision by the manufacturer (Swatch?) to stop making internal watch workings for other manufacturers so they could concentrate on their own business. Sweden allowed that change in policy. (I like watches.) |
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You are probably correct. I have admitted my deficiency on Nordic states. Kind of a blind spot for me, socialistic and communist governments. I will try to check that though because as I said I have an interest in watches.
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You were talking about Swatch from Switzerland --- actually they were allowed to seriously reduce the number of movements they have to deliver to competitors (I think by 20% next year and much more down the road).
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