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Let Readers Read | Internet Archive (blog.archive.org)

submitted 5 months ago by mesamunefire to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

I'd like to see evidence of what the original poster on this thread says before trusting what they are saying. I haven't seen this be the case at all.

"We purchase and acquire books—yes, physical, paper books—and make them available for one person at a time to check out and read online"

[–] Odo 6 points 5 months ago

The term you're looking for is National Emergency Library.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Again, mostly just parroting what I've seen others say, but my understanding is that they relaxed the restriction around when COVID started, though in the eyes of the law that's not really a good reason to break that particular rule.

I respect the scepticism though, definitely take everything I'm saying with a huge grain of salt.