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Re: a desperate request for licence metadata



On Wed, Sep 07, 2005 at 06:13:57PM -0700, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote:
> John Hasler <jhasler@debian.org> writes:
> 
> > I wrote:
> >> In some jurisdictions lending is an exclusive right of the copyright
> >> owner.
> >
> > Thomas Bushnell writes:
> >> Can you be specific with references please?
> >
> > <http://www.ifla.org/III/clm/p1/PublicLendingRight-Backgr.htm>
> 
> Well, one more anti-freedom law from Europe.  Shame on them, but I
> should not be surprised.  :(

It's only big and organized lending (i.e., public libraries etc.) which
is restricted. Nobody will sue me for lending out a book to a friend...

-- 
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pavement is precisely one bananosecond



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