The End of Library Ownership?

Library Futures is hosting a discussion of a The End of Ownership:

Monday, February 22 @ 4PM ET

Do we own the digital goods we buy? In The End of Ownership: Personal Property in the Digital Economy, legal scholars Jason Schultz and Aaron Perzanowski explore the meaning of ownership in the age of the end user license agreement.

The tour de force has been called “a lively must read” and “excellent, enraging, eye-opening” by Ars Technica and Cory Doctorow.

Digital ownership is particularly important for libraries. As library services increasingly move online, significant collections have become inaccessible, unaffordable, or worse, subject to limitations striking at the ability for a library to loan books to patrons.

In this discussion, learn about the unique challenges facing libraries in the digital space, how to unlock a library’s “superpower,” and how you can join us in the ongoing fight for the right to lend.

The authors will be joined by Kyle K. Courtney (Harvard University and Fair Use Week founder) and Meredith Rose (Senior Policy Council, Public Knowledge)

It’s free and should be interesting. Register here.