petersuber<p>Kudos to the <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Connecticut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Connecticut</span></a> legislature for passing a new law on digital books and following the 2020 model legislation from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/LibraryFutures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibraryFutures</span></a>.(<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@libraryfutures" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>libraryfutures</span></a></span>).<br><a href="https://www.libraryfutures.net/post/connecticut-ebook-bill" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">libraryfutures.net/post/connec</span><span class="invisible">ticut-ebook-bill</span></a></p><p>"After the governor signs, <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/publishers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publishers</span></a> will no longer be able to<br>* Prohibit <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/libraries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>libraries</span></a> from <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/lending" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>lending</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ebooks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ebooks</span></a> on their own terms,, including via interlibrary loan (<a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ILL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ILL</span></a>)<br>* Restrict <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/license" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>license</span></a> terms or checkout limits during the term of a license without offering agreements on “commercially reasonable terms” that align with the library mission<br>* Limit when libraries can buy an ebook license or how many licenses they can buy<br>* Prohibit libraries from making <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/preservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>preservation</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/copies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copies</span></a><br>* Require libraries to violate patron confidentiality."</p><p><a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/Privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Privacy</span></a></p>