Got my library card and everything that I want to read or listen to has months long waitlists. We know we can make as many copies as needed. The library is also taxpayer funded and not for profit. What gives? Is it some copyright nonsense?
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The book publishers don’t like the idea that libraries could let people read or listen to their books for free in a very convenient fashion. In the old library model, for a library to have a lot of copies of a book they had to *buy* a lot of copies. When the licensing agreements for digital content were hacked out, the publishing companies wanted limits on the number of people who could be using the content at once. The libraries don’t really have a choice but to accept the deal.
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