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💡 𝗞𝗥𝟮𝟭 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸 🤔 What if we lived in a world where libraries could lend eBooks just like physical ones, ensuring access to and preservation of culture and knowledge in the digital era? 🗣️ “Libraries should be allowed to acquire works in a digital format of their choice so that they can retain control over the environment in which they provide works,” advocates Justus Dreyling, Policy Director at COMMUNIA. 💭 𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄? This can be unlocked through Controlled Digital Lending (CDL). The best thing about it: the Court of Justice of the European Union confirmed CDL is legal and permitted! Now it’s time for EU Member States to strengthen this in their national legislation. Even then, two major barriers still stand in the way of widespread CDL adoption: 🔹 Technological Protection Measures (TPMs), and 🔹 Abusive contractual provisions (contract override). 👀 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝘂𝘀’ 𝗞𝗥𝟮𝟭 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝘀𝘂𝗹𝗲: https://lnkd.in/efdMwekf  📺 𝙂𝙤 & 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙥𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙚𝙨 👉 https://lnkd.in/e6arAdfS  𝙊𝙧 𝙛𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙤𝙬 𝙪𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙠𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙤𝙨𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙡𝙚𝙙𝙜𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧, 𝙞𝙣𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢 & 𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙧𝙚! #KnowledgeCapsules #eBooks #eLending #eBookSOS #libraries #CDL #ControlledDigitalLending #SDL #TPMs #TechnologicalProtectionMeasures #ContractOverride #AbusiveContracts #AccessToKnowledge #AccessToCulture

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