thank you Laura, thank you for this thoughtful reflection ! the constant and capitalist thinking of piracy where there is none bores me
Eric VIGIER Le mar. 22 oct. 2019 à 23:35, Laura R <lauraroz...@gmail.com> a écrit : > This is a topic that has always interested me. In this case, I checked > that the book mentioned by Lorenzo in the previous email resides in > Archive.com <http://archive.com/>. > > This humongous website explains: “Because we are a library, we pay special > attention to books. Not everyone has access to a public or academic library > with a good collection, so to provide universal access we need to provide > digital versions of books. We began a program to digitize books in 2005 and > today we scan 1,000 books per day in 28 locations around the world. Books > published prior to 1923 are available for download, and hundreds of > thousands of modern books can be borrowed through our Open Library site. > Some of our digitized books are only available to the print disabled.” > > It is funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, Knight Foundation, National > Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and many other > important institutions (see: https://archive.org/about/) > > We could consider their mission equal to any brick and mortar library with > the only difference that reaches out to people who, otherwise, would never > be able to access books. > > When a brick and mortar library receives a book and put it in their > shelves, it doesn’t go back to the author to request permission to lend it > to eventual readers. Public libraries are a precious asset for society. > > A book that resides in a virtual library is not a pirated book. However, > it could be pirated if it were available for download, but this is not the > case for the book mentioned in the previous email. > > But even if there were a minimal risk of pirating it (how? By > screenshooting? Not the best quality, for sure), the benefits of having it > for those who otherwise would not be able to get it, is, in my opinion, > worth do it. > > Remember, not everyone lives in New York, Paris or Hong Kong. There are > places like Misión Chaqueña, northern Argentina, where I just sent a bunch > of books to kids who live in the middle of nowhere and, yes, believe it or > not, they have internet connectivity (because the government set a goal of > digital connection in every school around the country), but they have not a > single brick and mortar library in their village. Digital connection and > digital content is essential for their education. > > And here it comes a virtual public library. And yes, they like folding > paper. > > Laura Rozenberg > > > > On Oct 22, 2019, at 5:27 PM, Daniel <drla...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi. > > Man , I really don´t think this is a copyright legal availability for > this > > book. > > It is a pirated one. > > > > Sorry. > > > > :-( > > > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 3:42 PM Lorenzo Lucioni < > lorenzo.luci...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Dear all, > >> > >> I apologize if you already treated this specific topic (this specific > >> website). > >> > >> I would bring to your attention the following site: > >> https://archive.org/details/YoshihideMomotaniOrigamiVehiclesjapanese > >> > >> Regards, > >> Lorenzo > >> > >> -- > >> Lorenzo Lucioni > >> Wildenbruchstr. 47 > >> 40545 Duesseldorf - DE > >> > >> +49.1525.9768654 > >> lorenzo.luci...@gmail.com > >> > > -- http://www.flickr.com/photos/plieurfou/
