During the Covid pandemic, some publishers didn’t just fail libraries, they exploited them
Back in December last year, a guest post on Walled Culture by Yohanna Anderson related how publishers initially offered universities free access to ebook collections when it became…
Cultural digitisation for the many, or cultural depredation for the few: time to choose
A couple of weeks ago, the Guardian had a report on what it called the “growing market for cultural digitisation” carried out by museums and art galleries: Museums…
Is protecting copyright more important than saving lives during the Covid-19 pandemic?
Although the Covid-19 pandemic has wreaked terrible suffering across the world, we are fortunate that we already have several vaccines that have been shown to be highly-effective in…