Exactly. I apologize if my comment was perceived as coy, but I've chosen to invest in the possibility that Creative Commons licensing is a viable way forward for libraries, authors, readers, etc. Here's a link the last of a 5 part series on open-access ebooks. I hope it inspires work in the code4lib community to make libraries more friendly to free stuff.

http://go-to-hellman.blogspot.com/2011/05/open-access-ebooks-part-5-changing.html 

On May 18, 2011, at 7:20 PM, David Friggens wrote:

>>> Some ebooks, in fact some of the greatest ever written, already cost less
>>> than razor blades.
> 
>> Do you mean ones not under copyright?
> 
> Those, plus Creative Commons etc.