[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia and libraries

[Tony Sidaway]

Britain is a densely packed island and we're swimming in obsolete
computers, routers and whatnot so if we just made an effort to extend
internet access, digitized all books and used an extension of the
existing royalty payments schemes we could deliver any printed matter
to any home around the clock at minimal cost.


In a couple of years time we won't be able to move for obsolete
Android mobile phones, Kindles and whatnot, so we'll have a glut of
internet-capable book readers. The corporation tax exemptions for
depreciation allow businesses to write kit off against tax after three
years.


In  principle at least, we could make huge savings while making books
more freely available than they ever were in paper form.

Add a Council Tax rebate to anybody providing a WiFi internet hotspot
from their residence and you've got a nationwide electronic library
system that practically runs itself.