heylibrarygirl reblogged
As libraries begin exploring ways to deliver legally obtained and responsibly monitored content to patrons, we will have to offer a counterpoint to the concept of “free” as the automatic enemy of rights holders. While we know that it is anything but free to provide these services (no-fee or no-charge is perhaps a better description), the public often perceives it as such, and simply banning phrases like “read for free” or “watch for free” from the world’s largest Internet index will not reduce infringement.
Abby Lull (transformativetidbits), Indexing the internet and searching for “free” (via libraryadvocates)
Source: districtdispatch.org
