• cm0002@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Yea but it’s physical media, I haven’t had a DVD/Blu-ray player in a LONG time lmao

    I’ll just stick to the high seas lolol

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      11 months ago

      No, apparently Overdrive offers digital delivery of movies now as well as books. I haven’t tried it yet, though, but they have been great for checking out library books on my phone.

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        11 months ago

        That’s cool. But the idea of a due date on digital media is also completely absurd, just give me the file. The entire point of libraries is to freely share information after all.

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          11 months ago

          I also believe things that are free to copy and distribute should be free, but public institutions have to work within the legal framework we have and a digital library analogue is a perfectly adequate and painless work-around. Besides, you can typically check things out for weeks at a time, so it’s not like you’ll be pressured to watch it fast.

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          11 months ago

          One note about the due date thing: There’s no fees because it’s automatic.

          They gotta play ball with license holders to offer any kind of service like this at all lol. As much as I also agree with “freely distribute all the things”

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      11 months ago

      Yeah, that’s fine. I haven’t been pirating recently, but some more obscure stuff that’s at the library might not be available on the high seas.