The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco. 2023-08-14T14:34:06-04:00

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Date 2023-08-14T14:34:06-04:00
Headline The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco.
Source NYTimes

In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle’s Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library. Publishers sued. Owning a book means something different now.

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The Dream Was Universal Access to Knowledge. The Result Was a Fiasco.In the pandemic emergency, Brewster Kahle’s Internet Archive freely lent out digital scans of its library. Publishers sued. Owning a book means something different now.

Share full articleDavid Streitfeld] has written about technology and its effects for 20 years. In 2013, he was part of the team that won the Pulitzer Prize for explanatory reporting.   >More about David Streitfeld

A version of this article appears in print on  , Section BU, Page 1 of the New York edition with the headline: What Does It Mean to Own a Book?. Reprints | Paper | [1]

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