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		6gvONxR4sf7o on July 30, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Internet Archive responds to publishers’ lawsuit Your rights to a business model are encoded in laws and contracts you sign with others. Unless the law changes, then yeah there are certain rights around business models. It’s not a right to avoid innovation, but it’s a right to avoid lawbreaking and contract breaking.

yjftsjthsd-h on July 30, 2020 [–]

Excellent! I have no contracts with any publishing house, and I doubt that IA does.

ISL on July 30, 2020 | | [–]

If IA agreed to a controlled-lending contract, it absolutely does.

TheCoelacanth on July 30, 2020 | | | [–]

They didn't. They were relying on the first sale doctrine.

MattGaiser on July 30, 2020 | | [–]

You are ignoring the laws part of his comment.

yjftsjthsd-h on July 30, 2020 | | [–]

I don't think that was there when I commented

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