Violet Purple: I can’t speak for the publishers, but the IA wasn’t paying writers the usual library book fees.

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How about paying authors a fair price for the books you lend

I believe they already do that, and I think we can be fairly certain the publishers didn't have the books removed because the authors weren't getting paid fairly. ;P

I can’t speak for the publishers, but the IA wasn’t paying writers the usual library book fees.

Is this perhaps because they're using donated books instead of buying new copies?

Perhaps. Scanning them and lending those copies is where it gets legally murky

Where does the law stand on you streaming football matches? Legal or illegal?

Locally? Not punished by law, not to the extent of hosting a streaming website is

That's a very strange way of spelling "yes it's illegal" I mean 90% of rapes that take place "aren't punished by law" but it doesn't equate to rape being legal does it (you absolute melon) Delete your account

That’s one leap in logic. No, it’s not the same as defined by the law. Grow up and stop telling people to delete their accounts.

man I don’t think bringing rape into it is really necessary, those crimes are not in any way comparable

Do you return the football match when you’re done with it? What’s the difference between being able to view a book online for a time and being able to have a book at home for a time?

As a librarian I can tell you - nothing. This is just an attempt to try and protect publishers profits and destroy libraries, something that the political right has been working at for well over a century.

What is it that you think "the usual library book fees" are?

I believe I already answered this in a different thread

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