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> That must be why we censor libraries...

The analogy doesn’t hold. Libraries don’t hold random internet posts.

You need to first have your work published as a book or similar, and then have the acquisitions team at the library buy copies. Yes self publishing is an option but convincing a library to stock your particular book will be more tricky. Sure the library of congress may hold a copy, but that’s about where it ends.

Donated books also aren’t guaranteed to hit the shelves either, they can end up in book sales or rejected if the library prioritises other books on its limited shelf space.

They also won’t for example carry books documenting how to commit suicide, construct a dirty bomb, child porn, well porn in general actually (you’ll still often find nudity and sex acts in books about sex, but those books are not designed to provide sexual gratification whereas porn is).



You don't think that Pirate Bay is a library?

Or how about Library Genesis?

Or Sci-hub?

Or perhaps you're wanting torrents off of Archive.org? They have the biggest PS2 iso library anywhere in the world.

I really don't understand why people can't see this...

Face it: If book libraries were a new concept around 1998 (Napster), they too would be illegal dens of iniquity reviled by "copyright interests" and raided with the backing of federal copyright statute under criminal guidelines. .




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