Ask HN: Close physical libraries and fund home internet for the poor instead?

2 amichail 2 8/14/2025, 12:20:33 AM
Note that you could still provide an online only library for everyone regardless of income.

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k310 · 3m ago
Publishers have come hard on the Internet Archive, and by extension, on libraries that merely loan online copies of books limited to ones that they have bought [0]

No use in closing the physical libraries if books are unavailable to "borrow" online.

[0] Hachette vs. Internet Archive.

A court win against the Internet Archive has publishers celebrating, but what does it mean for the future of public libraries and digital access?

https://copyrightlately.com/as-publishers-beat-internet-arch...

anikal200112 · 16m ago
I like this idea.

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