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Publishers Target Librarians

Louis Lingg writes: "cnet is reporting that the media behemoths are now turning their attention from Napster and DeCCS to libraries, the most obvious place to get free information.

Judith Platt, spokeswoman for the Association of American Publishers: "They've [librarians] got their radical factions, like the Ruby Ridge or Waco types who want to share all content for free."

Miriam M. Nisbet, legislative counsel for the American Library Association: "The mission of libraries is to ensure access. The nature of copyright is to restrict access. There's a real tension there."

Are the days of borrowing books for free over? They will be if the champions of the DMCA get their way."