Originally Posted by countryone77
Originally Posted by Cottage Dee
That's the point of backdating my MP3....the due date is never reached on the device. The library puts the book back into circulation at the end of the rental period. Everybody wins.
I'll have to be the spoilsport and say that I disagree with your assessment that "everyone wins".
New books have copyrights to protect the author's hard work. Even when non-copyrighted books are republished, the publisher has financed that and is justly due recompense for it. The library has agreements with publishers as to how books will be utilized by its patrons so that everyone's rights are protected.
Now you have found a method of circumventing the Library-Publisher agreement, because it makes it easier on you. Not only that, but you are encouraging others to do the same thing.
So the ones who are hurt by your process are the authors and publishers. And, if many folks start doing that, it could make publishers take a 2nd look at their library agreements and stop renewing them. If that should occur, then many library patrons would also suffer a loss.
I think I put my related comment in the wrong spot, so here it is -
I just wonder if you are keeping the books so long that others in your library can't get them? Our library shows how many digital copies are available and some are even on waitlist. Maybe yours is different?
I would think we want to abide by the regular rules to allow everyone a chance at the books. YMMV.