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<blockquote data-quote="gregweller" data-source="post: 107542" data-attributes="member: 879"><p>And, of course, it is still legal to walk into any public library in the country and check out a book you don't own, read it, take it back and then not buy the book because you already read it. For instance, I'm reading this book right now, called 'Cultivating Delight'. I first heard about it on NPR and placed a hold on it in our library's OPAC (in library-speak an Online Public Access Catalog). I did note that we had only one copy of it. Several people had read it before me, and then I got it in a couple of weeks. As I said, I'm now reading it and I'll return it so a number of other people will read it without buyng it.&nbsp; There is not a whole lot of difference between that and a file-sharing service like Nutella, Morpheus or Kazaa.&nbsp; I would argue that the library interloan service Worldcat (which I'm sure Eric is familiar with), is perhaps the original online file sharing service.&nbsp; I remember a stink a couple of years ago, where a group of housewives in Tenn. were threatened with lawsuits because they were scanning and sharing files of a knitting magazine. They were stunned because they said that this was something they always did--only that they would hand it to the neighbor next door instead of emailing it.&nbsp; I'm sorry, but I just refuse to get all upset about this.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="gregweller, post: 107542, member: 879"] And, of course, it is still legal to walk into any public library in the country and check out a book you don't own, read it, take it back and then not buy the book because you already read it. For instance, I'm reading this book right now, called 'Cultivating Delight'. I first heard about it on NPR and placed a hold on it in our library's OPAC (in library-speak an Online Public Access Catalog). I did note that we had only one copy of it. Several people had read it before me, and then I got it in a couple of weeks. As I said, I'm now reading it and I'll return it so a number of other people will read it without buyng it. There is not a whole lot of difference between that and a file-sharing service like Nutella, Morpheus or Kazaa. I would argue that the library interloan service Worldcat (which I'm sure Eric is familiar with), is perhaps the original online file sharing service. I remember a stink a couple of years ago, where a group of housewives in Tenn. were threatened with lawsuits because they were scanning and sharing files of a knitting magazine. They were stunned because they said that this was something they always did--only that they would hand it to the neighbor next door instead of emailing it. I'm sorry, but I just refuse to get all upset about this. [/QUOTE]

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