Today Panzer made a stop at the Publishers Weekly site. With hardly any digging at all in the posts there, our inquisitive kitty boy found one about Maryland's Library E-book law.
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Interesting decision.
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According to Andrew Albanese's post, a federal judge has ruled in favor of the Association of American Publishers' (AAP) argument that a new Maryland library e-book law infringes on U.S. copyright law. The judge granted an injunction stopping enforcement of the law. The law was passed by the Maryland General Assembly and scheduled to go into effect on January 1. It was written to help libraries be able to offer e-books to their patrons. The basic premise of the law was, if a publisher offered their e-books to customers in Maryland, the publishers would have to offer/license the e-book to libraries "on reasonable terms." The post includes links to other posts with additional information.
Panzer says, "This little kitty is confused. How does this infringe on copyright?"
Note: This is a long post. Bring a big cup of cocoa, a chocolate chip cookie (biscuit), and a muffin. If you plan to follow the links in the post, you'll need to decide what other refreshments to bring.
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