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summerdown2 on April 26, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981)

You realise that's exactly the model of libraries, right?

A small fee (taxation) in return for open access to literature, and in most cases music and film too.

lrem on April 26, 2020 | [–]

There is snowflake's chance in hell libraries would be legal if introduced now. The only reason we have them, is they were grandfathered in from times with less corporate power.

rhino369 on April 26, 2020 | [–]

Libraries buy the books (and movies, music, etc.).

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