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Another reflection: from Slate, Future Tense."

"Could the Internet Archive Go Out Like Napster?"

BY NITISH PAHWA AND EMMA WALLENBROCK

SEPT 12, 2022

https://slate.com/technology/2022/09/internet-archive-national-emergency-library-lawsuit.html

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What shocks me is how many authors have come out against libraries here.

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Not mentioned in U.S. discussions is the Public Lending Right. 35 Nations--including Canada and the UK--compensate authors for public library circulation:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Lending_Right

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Doesn't surprise me. Most writers don't earn much.

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Chuck Wendig has been most vocal about it and he's a bestselling author.

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I'm not familiar with him but he may be thinking of other writers.

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I think it would be fair if it is the same way it has been with physical books. If a library lends a book electronically that means they have purchased that copy but as with physical books they can only lend to one person at a time. If the library has purchased 2 copies they can lend to 2 people at the same time and so on.

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