MyDogHsFleas
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Re: Can't Sue Simply For Making Files Available
said by 8744675  :Public libraries 'make available' hundreds of thousands of copyrighted works every day, including the music and movies of RIAA and MPAA members. If 'making available' copyrighted material becomes a crime, then every library will be violating the law. No, no, no. Libraries lend out authorized copies of copyrighted works, one at a time. Libraries are not taking copyrighted works, digitizing them into files, and then publishing them online for people to freely download their own digital copy -- which is exactly what peer-to-peer file-sharing systems do. There is no valid library analogy. |
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elios
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Springfield, MO | actuly the Library of Congress is doing just that now
ie making large parts of it available on line for free |
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| said by elios :actuly the Library of Congress is doing just that now ie making large parts of it available on line for free No, they are not making copyrighted materials available online for free.
They have put their catalog online. They've also made certain materials available digitally, that don't have rights issues.
Their image catalog will show you thumbnails but you have to order and pay for true copies. |
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