Why this thread should pop-up NOW! (after a night of insomnia and listening to LibriVox recordings) strange and mysterious ways always lurk at MUDCAT.

Kipling and Dickens had some personal "issues" that they discussed together about copyright/royalties and China printing houses. Those laws create the foundations of 20th century legalities.

However, CV19 shook that history to its core.

AUDIO:
https://ia800505.us.archive.org/30/items/19thanniversary_2408_librivox/19th_covid19andlibraries_richards_128kb.mp3

PDF:
https://www.congress.gov/crs_external_products/LSB/PDF/LSB10453/LSB10453.2.pdf

Richards, Kevin - COVID19 and libraries


Sincerely,
Gargoyle


IMHO - once ANYTHING is digital "Pandora is Out of the Box" and now public. It is ALL open ... "digital trad" led the way three decades years ago. AI is just another manisfication.