Date: Fri, 4 May 2001 13:33:54 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> Cc: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Publishers attacks on public rights. Message-ID: <15090.62994.434281.492893@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <4.3.2.7.2.20010504121932.0464c400@localhost> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20010504093633.045b1850@localhost> <4.3.2.7.2.20010504091914.0467d5b0@localhost> <15090.43795.549818.410213@guru.mired.org> <4.3.2.7.2.20010504121932.0464c400@localhost>
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Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> types: > At 09:42 AM 5/4/2001, Mike Meyer wrote: > >No, I'm being realistic. Publishers doing ebooks are reserving > >providing licenses that disallow long-established practices. > "E-books" aren't popular with libraries anyway, because they > would have to loan out the players. Non sequitor. They don't have to loan out the players any more than they have to for VHS cassettes. Even relative backwater libraries like the one I use have e-book programs in place. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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