[gonlad_x]

I am not sure I fully grasp what’s at stake here. Does it mean that: * Only 1 person at a time can borrow play a retro game physically (in a dedicated library) even if there are more than 1 copies available * Libraries cannot offer remote access to their retro games (I wonder, can libraries offer that for books? In know my university library had a digital library but that’s it) even if safeguarded I don’t really understand the actual consequences of this new ruling, the article doesn’t really explain that in my opinion.

[oefrha]

> can libraries offer that for books?

Not without separate licensing for electronic lending. At least that’s what publishers insist.

[jonhohle]

The big deal is that it can’t be over the Internet, even if restrictions are in place to ensure only one user can access one copy at a time.

Zediva and Aereo had the same issue, albeit in a commercial application. I was hoping libraries would be given a little more freedom since their purpose is educating the public.