It would be sad to think of it...
That Everytime I want to make reference to a book, I'll have to pay again...
Unless, there are no paperback books, I don't think the model can be sustained in the long term.
Thank you for the post, by the way @shadowspub .
I didn't know about CDL until now.
If he publishers manage to create the precedent through this lawsuit it opens up the ability for them to start charging libraries and institutions a licensing fee on paper books as well as electronic. They wont be able to do that with regular book sales of paper books to people. They certainly could with ebooks.
Well... That would only force people to buying books instead of patronizing the library, don't you think?
well it would clearly increase operating costs for libraries which depend on donations and grants to survive. That would likely push some libraries into closing or seriously limiting their collections. A vital part of a libaries service in a community is being a place where low income members of the community can access books.