06-21-2022, 05:20 PM | #31 | |
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So...why did so many of the video stores I've encountered have not-for resale, and rental editions of DVD and tapes? They sure weren't any more durable, like library-bound books are. How did Disney win their suits over people displaying their DVD movies at public events? And why don't libraries just stock their shelves from used books stores? Were astrangerhere's MLS classes just a scam? |
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06-21-2022, 06:06 PM | #32 | |
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I know that my library buys some of their DVD's from Amazon. And I believe that library books are similar. I believe in the past, there have been posts about libraries paying extra for a "library binding". |
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06-21-2022, 06:11 PM | #33 |
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And I remember one of the local mom and pop dvd rental places going to a local retailer (Best Buy) to purchase DVDs on release day.
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06-21-2022, 07:25 PM | #34 |
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Library ebook licences
I recently read complaints by librarians in the Irish Republic to much the same effect as those in the US. They of course can ask for a remedy without being troubled by Federal preemption of copyright law though there is still the Irish constitution, EU law, and what passes as a European Bill of Rights (the ECHR).
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So you can probably see how that extends to videos. Last edited by hobnail; 06-22-2022 at 12:02 AM. |
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No I cannot. Because, 1, music has specific exceptions carved in first sale law, and 2, mp3s are a licenced digital transfer, which is not as clearly covered under first sale, while dvds are a copy on a piece of purchased physical media, which clearly IS what first sale is about. So, no, not the same, and I'm still confused.
But this is probably too much of digression for this thread, which is about ebooks license terms. I'll need to find an IP lawyer. Last edited by ApK; 06-22-2022 at 07:01 AM. |
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My question from the articles is why libraries are being charged more than others with a similar license?
I am assuming it's because the potential number of people who could access a ebook is so high, but most books probably have a fairly niche audience or none at all. |
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Also Libraries in the USA don't work the same way as UK or Ireland libraries in terms of the small per loan royalty (I think zero in USA).
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The PLR (Public Lending Right) payment to Authors usually doesn't come from local libraries. https://plrinternational.com/public/...sLDh46bWOg.pdf |
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Not recently, but in years past I have donated books to libraries. They were gladly accepted. Never once did I donate anything other than a "regular retail copy". And never once did the library ask me how I had acquired the book, what license I had, how much I had paid, etc.
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If they have right to lend x number copies, say, and some books are lost or damaged, surely they can replace the paper item with any other from any source. As I say, I'm questioning now whether the premise is true, but IF it is, obtaining retail or donated copies of stuff that they already license would still be consistent. Indeed, when we've had to replace a lost or damaged library book, it didn't strike me as odd that we could obtain the replacement from any source. Last edited by ApK; 06-28-2022 at 06:12 AM. |
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