• Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    having it available online for free without their consent circumvents that.

    In this particular case the publishers are trying to double dip

    Controlled Digital Lending is the library practice whereby a library owns a book, digitizes it, and loans either the physical book or the digital copy to one user at a time.