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...course, that would require working on the honor system, at least at this point in the technological evolution. "And looking at the way the public adapted to Napster," says Adler, "obviously if they can get something desirable for free, without compensating the producer or creator, many people are glad to do that...
...Allen Adler, VP for legal and government affairs of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), describes the library community as one of "the most important markets and strongest allies" for the publishing industry, especially on matters of first amendments protection. But, he says, the trepidation felt by both sides of the issue is understandable. "We are looking at the technology and at the ways that libraries serve their patrons, and we?re concerned that if you logically apply this new technology to the service of patrons, then you could have a situation where libraries are violating what we think...
...issues that concerns the publishers is a technological byproduct of transferring digital files - even with the best of intentions, Adler says, digital transmission creates temporary copies that the library will retain while the user has the content. One solution would be a ?simultaneous transmission and deletion? system, where the library deletes its copy while the borrower has it, and the borrower deletes it upon "returning" it to the library...
...apply," she adds. In fact, when Congress passed the Digital Copyright Act in 1998 they shot this particular issue back to the Copyright Office, which was supposed to release a study on the subject last fall. The library and publishing communities are still waiting (with bated breath, according to Adler) for that report to help clear things...
...Maverick philosopher and prolific writer Mortimer Adler, died last week in San Mateo, California. When his Great Books of the Western World was first published, TIME wrote a cover story on Adler, calling him "one of the best minds at large today." An excerpt...