One of the supposed justifications for the intellectual monopoly called copyright is that it drives creativity and culture. In the last few weeks alone we have had multiple demonstrations of why the opposite is true: copyright destroys culture, and not by accident, but wilfully. For example, the MTVNews.com site, along with its sister site CMT.com, …
Online lending allows people in remote or rural places much more economical access to more titles than otherwise, even if they have access to a decent local library
oh right, i totally ignored the “digital” part, even though i mentioned that in nearby reply. my bad.