Mike Masnick, Techdirt; Do Libraries Need Permission To Lend Out Ebooks?:
"Some publishers are refusing to allow libraries to lend out their ebooks...which makes me wonder why the publishers have any say in the matter. Thanks to the right of first sale, a library should be able to lend out an ebook if it's legally purchased it without having to get the publisher's permission."
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20091015/1511426550.shtml
Issues and developments related to IP, AI, and OM, examined in the IP and tech ethics graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. My Bloomsbury book "Ethics, Information, and Technology", coming in Summer 2025, includes major chapters on IP, AI, OM, and other emerging technologies (IoT, drones, robots, autonomous vehicles, VR/AR). Kip Currier, PhD, JD
Saturday, October 17, 2009
Do Libraries Need Permission To Lend Out Ebooks?; Techdirt, 10/16/09
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