Yeah, I went & read that link.
But are you sure about not being allowed to read these books? That
sounds even beyond the worst nightmare of a supposedly democratic
country like yours
Maybe you could not borrow such a book, but I would think you could
request & read it in an academic library at a uni (which might be
impossible for you to do).
I know that here, Inter-library Loan works between the university &
the local libraries, at least on some books.
It sounds like you're in the Ghormenghast of library systems!
Doug
On 11-Dec-08, at 5:18 AM, Christopher C Jones wrote:
> On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 09:31 -0700, Douglas Barbour wrote:
>> Whew, what books exactly, Christopher?
>>
>> I'd suspect only university libraries might hold such as these,
>> alas...
>
> True to the above. Regional libraries, here, as far as I know don't
> have
> access to academic libraries and since I am not an academic it is a
> breach of copyright law to let me have access to these books through
> an
> academic library. Only academics and enrolled students are allowed
> access to recent discussions in philosophy.
>
> The story, I am told, is that publishers consider it worthwhile only
> doing a limited run for academic libraries. Publishers not only get to
> sell libraries very expensive books but also they collect a royalty
> when
> the book is borrowed or a few pages are photocopied by students. So no
> paperback edition.
>
>
> Dominic's link is very much worth reading. (Nihil Unbound is beyond my
> reach, unfortunately.)
>
>
> tp://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=690
>
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