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Do I have to explain this? I guess I have to explain this. by blackwater 04/11/2020, 12:55pm PDT
So let's say you bought one copy of each book in your home town's library, and scanned them all in to your computer. And then you started "lending them out" online on your web site. Maybe you even used DRM to make it so that the users didn't get permanently readable copies, or something.

But let's say you didn't restrict it so that only one user could read each book at once. So you might have 1000 people reading Infinite Jest at the same time. But you only bought one copy.

So it's not straight-up Pirate Bay style piracy, but the authors are definitely losing some sales here. We can argue about how many sales they're losing (a boring argument that happens every time piracy comes up), but now you understand the basic idea-- I hope.

Hopefully this also explains why Netflix can't just buy a single DVD of all the latest Marvel movies and then start streaming all of them to everyone without paying any royalties. That would be retarded, like a Konami code for copyright. It's not how any of this works. (Even ignoring issues like first sale doctrine not applying to digital performance rights, DMCA anti-circumvention measures, etc.)
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Douchebag Author Twitter by Mysterio 04/01/2020, 9:19am PDT NEW
    Great find by Vested Id 04/01/2020, 10:37am PDT NEW
        He meant Wonder Boy not Golden Boy NT by Mysterio 04/02/2020, 7:10pm PDT NEW
            I recall reading that IA had an exemption for copyright by Mysterio Loves The Archive 04/03/2020, 3:03pm PDT NEW
                Re: I recall reading that IA had an exemption for copyright by Eury 04/03/2020, 3:42pm PDT NEW
                    They don't. by The Happiness Engine 04/07/2020, 4:46pm PDT NEW
                        Re: They don't. by Mysterio 04/10/2020, 3:03pm PDT NEW
                            Do I have to explain this? I guess I have to explain this. by blackwater 04/11/2020, 12:55pm PDT NEW
                                Re: Do I have to explain this? I guess I have to explain this. by Mysterio 04/11/2020, 1:21pm PDT NEW
                                    I don't like books bringing us together. Stop this. NT by Adolph Hitler 04/11/2020, 5:19pm PDT NEW
                                    Lube him up why don't you. NT by Jack Bauer 04/11/2020, 10:06pm PDT NEW
                                    I'd be a lot more sympathetic to IA if Netflix, Prime, Audible, didn't exist by blackwater 04/11/2020, 10:55pm PDT NEW
                                        IA's housed in the new international library of Alexandria you screeching tard by saltlord 06/05/2020, 1:28pm PDT NEW
                                    Waggle your ass you twerking biatch NT by Mr. 3000 04/11/2020, 11:31pm PDT NEW
    But don't ever say "stan" again NT by Vested Id 04/01/2020, 10:40am PDT NEW
        But I stan you, sir. NT by Mysterio 04/01/2020, 12:45pm PDT NEW
    I'd like to see this same conversation play out between IA and their bank. by blackwater 04/09/2020, 11:52pm PDT NEW
        Re: I'd like to see this same conversation play out between IA and their bank. by Mr. 3000 04/10/2020, 7:24am PDT NEW
            ...except the loan is from your income and they never pay it back. NT by The Happiness Engine 04/10/2020, 2:47pm PDT NEW
            IA is a nonprofit you double-fucktard by saltlord 06/05/2020, 1:58pm PDT NEW
    None of these people deserve a dime for their work. by Injustice 04/11/2020, 2:17pm PDT NEW
    Re: Douchebag Author Twitter by Mysterio 06/03/2020, 8:47pm PDT NEW
        So if I call myself a "library" I can send everyone a copy of Civ6? NT by The Happiness Engine 06/04/2020, 2:28pm PDT NEW
            Re: So if I call myself a "library" I can send everyone a copy of Civ6? NT by Mysterio 06/04/2020, 3:39pm PDT NEW
                There's also wher it's housed. I'll give you a hint: they lend out books there. NT by saltlord 06/05/2020, 2:01pm PDT NEW
                Again, that's merely something they invented that has never been confirmed by The Happiness Engine 06/05/2020, 2:23pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Again, that's merely something they invented that has never been confirmed by Mysterio 06/05/2020, 2:26pm PDT NEW
                        Except when they're responding to a global pandemic that drives up domestic abus by saltlord 06/05/2020, 7:22pm PDT NEW
                            Huh? by Roop 06/05/2020, 10:16pm PDT NEW
                                you sound like the mayor of bofa NT by saltlord, who can give clarificatio 06/06/2020, 11:26am PDT NEW
                        Re: Again, that's merely something they invented that has never been confirmed by The Happiness Engine 06/06/2020, 10:33am PDT NEW
                    So, audit them? Call me crazy . . . NT by laudablepuss 06/05/2020, 2:58pm PDT NEW
            Send me Civ 6 by Eury 06/05/2020, 10:57pm PDT NEW
        Re: Douchebag Author Twitter by Mysterio 06/12/2020, 1:35pm PDT NEW
            A win for middling authors servicing corporate properties by Mysterio Loves The Archive 06/13/2020, 8:48pm PDT NEW
    Re: Douchebag Author Twitter by Mysterio 06/21/2020, 8:59pm PDT NEW
        Wow, what a piece of shit. NT by Ichabod 06/22/2020, 7:52am PDT NEW
 
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