The promise of the library is that books are available for free to anyone in society. It’s a little strange that we have the underlying technology to make libraries far, far more amazing than they were in 1950, and it just isn’t permitted. Imagine the ability to borrow any book in the world, on your iPhone, immediately, for free. But due to the way copyright laws work, the rules are just totally different for digital libraries. Perhaps the world would be better off if a free digital library of books were permitted, rather than forbidden.
Imagine the ability to borrow any book in the world, on your iPhone, immediately, for free.
Well, thanks to Library Genesis (and SciHub) and archive.org, I can download 95% of the books and papers I want immediately for free. Same with music. It's just incredible--when I was a kid I couldn't have imagined that this would ever happen.
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The promise of the library is that books are available for free to anyone in society. It’s a little strange that we have the underlying technology to make libraries far, far more amazing than they were in 1950, and it just isn’t permitted. Imagine the ability to borrow any book in the world, on your iPhone, immediately, for free. But due to the way copyright laws work, the rules are just totally different for digital libraries. Perhaps the world would be better off if a free digital library of books were permitted, rather than forbidden.
Imagine the ability to borrow any book in the world, on your iPhone, immediately, for free.
Well, thanks to Library Genesis (and SciHub) and archive.org, I can download 95% of the books and papers I want immediately for free. Same with music. It's just incredible--when I was a kid I couldn't have imagined that this would ever happen.