open library is still in distress

[Cheryl, Host of Miscellaneous and Newbery Clubs]

https://chng.it/kFt4bsKp2N to directly sign the petition at change.org

https://blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/l... to learn more at Internet Archive.

[QNPoohBear]

They're under fire because they openly violate copyright laws. There was a big lawsuit with Google Books. The publishers don't want their books available for free. It is a valuable asset but maybe not so legal. This lawsuit has been ongoing for awhile. Fortunately, several public libraries allow teens to get a virtual library card to read banned books.

A bigger issue is the pricing of e-books for the library apps and Midwest Tape/Hoopla's new "ratings" system.

[Ms. B]

Cheryl wrote: "https://chng.it/kFt4bsKp2N to directly sign the petition at change.org

https://blog.archive.org/2024/06/17/l... to learn more at Internet Archive."

Thank you for sharing. I signed the petition and shared it with others.

[Cheryl, Host of Miscellaneous and Newbery Clubs]

They own physical copies of the books that they scan. They loan them to one member at a time, for only one hour at a time. They are a non-profit library. How can this be a violation of copyright laws?

Interesting discussion here, with more facts than many other discussions on Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/books/commen...

[Cheryl, Host of Miscellaneous and Newbery Clubs]

Thank you Ms. B!

[Manybooks, Fiction Club host]

Cheryl wrote: "They own physical copies of the books that they scan. They loan them to one member at a time, for only one hour at a time. They are a non-profit library. How can this be a violation of copyright la..."

I have signed the petitions. And Open Library used to have borrowing times of something like three weeks but changed to only one hour borrowing times after publishers made a fuss.

[Ms. B]

Manybooks wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "They own physical copies of the books that they scan. They loan them to one member at a time, for only one hour at a time. They are a non-profit library. How can this be a violation ..."
I noticed that a few weeks ago; I thought it was only for the particular book I borrowed.

[Manybooks, Fiction Club host]

Ms. B wrote: "Manybooks wrote: "Cheryl wrote: "They own physical copies of the books that they scan. They loan them to one member at a time, for only one hour at a time. They are a non-profit library. How can th..."

No, it is for every book now. You can renew the book immediately (although that does not always work) but it sure gets annoying when reading longer books.

[Beverly, former Miscellaneous Club host]

I signed the petition.

[Cheryl, Host of Miscellaneous and Newbery Clubs]

Thank you!

[Kathryn, The Princess of Picture-Books]

I am just now seeing this and thank you for bringing it to our attention, Cheryl!