Comments on: Public Libraries Show Why Sharing Culture Should Never Have Been Banned in the First Place https://torrentfreak.com/public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/ Breaking File-sharing, Copyright and Privacy News Tue, 28 Oct 2014 21:09:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 By: John Spratt /public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/#comment-1188788 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 11:14:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=82034#comment-1188788 In the middle of the 19th century, the push for truly public
libraries, paid for by taxes and run by the state gained force after
numerous depressions, droughts, wars and revolutions in Europe, felt
mostly by the working class. Matthew Battles states that:

“It was in these years of class conflict and economic terror that the
public library movement swept through Britain, as the nation’s
progressive elite recognized that the light of cultural and intellectual
energy was lacking in the lives of commoners”.

It’s easy to see the parallels with the 21st Century.

]]> By: anon /public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/#comment-1188133 Thu, 13 Feb 2014 03:23:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=82034#comment-1188133 Lobbyist lie: The library buys all its books. Therefore, it’s not comparable with online sharing of culture.

Even if this wasn’t a lie, most online “sharers” I have ever seen have bought the original product before releasing copies online: I’m pretty sure all CDs and DVD rips were ripped from real products that were purchased legally (I doubt any were stolen prior to being ripped).

]]> By: Interesante | Misiongeek /public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/#comment-1184317 Sat, 01 Feb 2014 06:00:24 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=82034#comment-1184317 […] - Scary Devil Monasteryen Public Libraries Show Why Sharing CultureShould Never Have Been Banned in the First Place […]

]]> By: Jason DiPietro /public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/#comment-1183337 Thu, 30 Jan 2014 07:27:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=82034#comment-1183337 I’ve been harping on this point for a while. It’s nice to see it in print.

]]> By: Anonymouse /public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/#comment-1182863 Wed, 29 Jan 2014 00:38:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=82034#comment-1182863 You can pick up satellite TV

]]> By: JimColby /public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/#comment-1182040 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 13:49:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=82034#comment-1182040 Copyright holders are already applying that principle to some Libraries in the USA. Want a DVD, you pay $2.00 to take it home for 7 days, the fee goes to the rightsholder, namely the MPAA.

]]> By: Why The Copyright Industry Is Doomed, In One Single Sentence | /public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/#comment-1181850 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 05:20:01 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=82034#comment-1181850 […] “The very concept of a business around the copyright monopoly revolves around the ability to prevent people from telling each other interesting things.” — Scary Devil Monastery (as part of a larger comment to this article) […]

]]> By: Why The Copyright Industry Is Doomed, In One Single Sentence | We R Pirates /public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/#comment-1181777 Mon, 27 Jan 2014 00:40:13 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=82034#comment-1181777 […] “The very concept of a business around the copyright monopoly revolves around the ability to prevent people from telling each other interesting things.” — Scary Devil Monastery (as part of a larger comment to this article) […]

]]> By: Why The Copyright Industry Is Doomed, In One Single Sentence | TorrentFreak /public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/#comment-1181694 Sun, 26 Jan 2014 21:53:36 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=82034#comment-1181694 […] “The very concept of a business around the copyright monopoly revolves around the ability to prevent people from telling each other interesting things.” — Scary Devil Monastery (as part of a larger comment to this article) […]

]]> By: Nickolaos Fotopoulos /public-libraries-show-why-sharing-culture-should-never-have-been-banned-in-the-first-place-140112/#comment-1180326 Wed, 22 Jan 2014 13:41:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/?p=82034#comment-1180326 So what are the deciding factors for you when buying vs.borrowing books? And how do you check these books out? On a nook or kindle?

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