Libraries aren’t helping themselves. They’re trying to rebrand as community centers, hang outs for kids, and homeless services outlets.

All that’s fine and good, but isn’t going to help them negotiate with publishers, or get better copyright legislation.

I also think liberties have been branding themselves as politically progressive for a long time - since long before the digital age.

This has left them with few friends, as progressivism returns to its roots as an upper middle-class ideology.