I believe public libraries are important for democracy because the library and librarians are committed to free knowledge. The library is pretty much the old school version of the internet. We get free information from the internet, just like we do from the books from the public libraries. If you think about it, the internet got their information from the information from libraries.
Siva Vaidhyanathan is trying to say that sources for information isn't all that easy. In the intro, it states that "the proliferation of such peer-to-peer networks may appear to threaten many established institutions, and the backlash against them can be even worse than the problems they create." This means that the copy right laws are making it harder for us to get free information. I think what Vaidhyanathan is wanting is to balance out the total freedom vs. complete control.
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