This is a topic that has always interested me. In this case, I checked that the 
book mentioned by Lorenzo in the previous email resides in Archive.com 
<http://archive.com/>. 

This humongous website explains: “Because we are a library, we pay special 
attention to books. Not everyone has access to a public or academic library 
with a good collection, so to provide universal access we need to provide 
digital versions of books. We began a program to digitize books in 2005 and 
today we scan 1,000 books per day in 28 locations around the world. Books 
published prior to 1923 are available for download, and hundreds of thousands 
of modern books can be borrowed through our Open Library site. Some of our 
digitized books are only available to the print disabled.”

It is funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation, Knight Foundation, National 
Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Humanities, and many other 
important institutions (see: https://archive.org/about/) 

We could consider their mission equal to any brick and mortar library with the 
only difference that reaches out to people who, otherwise, would never be able 
to access books. 

When a brick and mortar library receives a book and put it in their shelves, it 
doesn’t go back to the author to request permission to lend it to eventual 
readers. Public libraries are a precious asset for society. 

A book that resides in a virtual library is not a pirated book. However, it 
could be pirated if it were available for download, but this is not the case 
for the book mentioned in the previous email. 

But even if there were a minimal risk of pirating it (how? By screenshooting? 
Not the best quality, for sure), the benefits of having it for those who 
otherwise would not be able to get it, is, in my opinion, worth do it. 

Remember, not everyone lives in New York, Paris or Hong Kong. There are places 
like Misión Chaqueña, northern Argentina, where I just sent a bunch of books to 
kids who live in the middle of nowhere and, yes, believe it or not, they have 
internet connectivity (because the government set a goal of digital connection 
in every school around the country), but they have not a single brick and 
mortar library in their village. Digital connection and digital content is 
essential for their education. 

And here it comes a virtual public library. And yes, they like folding paper.

Laura Rozenberg 


> On Oct 22, 2019, at 5:27 PM, Daniel <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> Man , I really don´t think this is a copyright legal availability for this
> book.
> It is a pirated one.
> 
> Sorry.
> 
> :-(
> 
> On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 3:42 PM Lorenzo Lucioni <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> 
>> Dear all,
>> 
>> I apologize if you already treated this specific topic (this specific
>> website).
>> 
>> I would bring to your attention the following site:
>> https://archive.org/details/YoshihideMomotaniOrigamiVehiclesjapanese
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Lorenzo
>> 
>> --
>> Lorenzo Lucioni
>> Wildenbruchstr. 47
>> 40545 Duesseldorf - DE
>> 
>> +49.1525.9768654
>> [email protected]
>> 

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