Radical Librarians Take Center Stage In Copyright Battles
from the not-quite-as-interesting-as-it-sounds dept
When I read the title of this article, I was expecting to read about underground bands of librarians bombing record labels and stuff. It's really not that exciting. The article just talks about how librarians suddenly are finding copyright holders threatening their basic premise of letting people borrow books for free. Suddenly book publishers, music labels, and companies like that are suggesting that what libraries do is against copyright law as well - and may try to limit their ability to do those things with new digital technologies. Who knew that the public libraries were really destroying our country's notions of intellectual property law?
Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
Techdirt is one of the few remaining truly independent media outlets. We do not have a giant corporation behind us, and we rely heavily on our community to support us, in an age when advertisers are increasingly uninterested in sponsoring small, independent sites — especially a site like ours that is unwilling to pull punches in its reporting and analysis.
While other websites have resorted to paywalls, registration requirements, and increasingly annoying/intrusive advertising, we have always kept Techdirt open and available to anyone. But in order to continue doing so, we need your support. We offer a variety of ways for our readers to support us, from direct donations to special subscriptions and cool merchandise — and every little bit helps. Thank you.
–The Techdirt Team
Reader Comments
Subscribe: RSS
View by: Time | Thread
Dumb dumb dumb
[ link to this | view in chronology ]