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Book Publishers And Libraries: Historic Partners Facing A Disruptive Technology, Tom Allen
Book Publishers And Libraries: Historic Partners Facing A Disruptive Technology, Tom Allen
Maine Policy Review
The explosion of digital materials and e-readers has disrupted the historic partnership between book publishers and libraries. Tom Allen explains that the new business models required for more widespread e-lending will necessarily involve compromises. He suggests that e-lending pilot projects between individual publishers and libraries are a promising development.
Copyrights And Beyond In The Digital Age, Thomas G. Field Jr.
Copyrights And Beyond In The Digital Age, Thomas G. Field Jr.
Law Faculty Scholarship
At one time, only works visible to the naked eye were copyrightable, but that has long since changed. Now, works capable of perception only by use of VCRs or computers, for example, enjoy the same protection as books, paintings and sculpture. In 1994, William S. Strong reported that he had "heard Chicken Littles say that the sky is falling in on copyright owners" in the digital age and predicted to the contrary. He was right; publishers' problems may have changed in degree but not in kind. For important, if not critical, internet needs to be met, providers must recoup costs.