Mastodawn

Kovu Cougar Apr 27, 2023

Oh nice. Seattle Public Library has created a membership type for "13 to 26 year olds anywhere in the US" to be able to sign out e and audiobooks as a response to those locales banning books...

https://www.spl.org/programs-and-services/teens/books-unbanned

"Read the books they don't want you to. That's where the good stuff is." - LeVar Burton

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Books Unbanned

Teens and young adults ages 13 to 26 living anywhere in the U.S. can access our entire collection of e-books and audiobooks.

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Jeff Moe Apr 28, 2023

@KovuCougar

Archive .org tried to do this with books and they lost the court case. :(

https://www.npr.org/2023/03/26/1166101459/internet-archive-lawsuit-books-library-publishers

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Tim Gatewood

@jebba @KovuCougar They did not have permission from the publishers = they violated copyright. There was no other way that case was going to end. It was theft of intellectual property. You may be okay with that, but authors have to get paid and this is how that happens.