OK, people who know me sometimes say I can sound a little paranoid about the differences in copyright law between print and electronic materials. Electronic items, thanks to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, can come with extremely restrictive license agreements that deny the so-called "first-sale" doctrine libraries rely on to lend materials.
Here's a link to a story in Library Journal about a concrete example, though: http://tinyurl.com/24m5xa.
According to the story, the license agreement specifically prohibits the Kindle from being lent out. This could be a sticking point as libraries attempt to more fully embrace digital materials.
Here's a link to a story in Library Journal about a concrete example, though: http://tinyurl.com/24m5xa.
According to the story, the license agreement specifically prohibits the Kindle from being lent out. This could be a sticking point as libraries attempt to more fully embrace digital materials.
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