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The article discusses that accessing entertainment is convenient and quick for streaming subscribers, accessible through one application on their smartphone instead of clunky multiple format collections; and mentions that media access is the biggest transformation as a result of streaming, and its effects ripple across different user groups, from single users trying to simplify their collections to libraries striving to make as much as possible available to their patrons.

The article offers information on the controlled digital lending (CDL), ebook model by which libraries digitize materials in their collection and make them available for lending. It further discusses that the largest CDL projects was developed by the Internet Archive, a nonprofit organization most widely known for the Wayback Machin; the National Emergency Library during COVID-19 by the Internet Archive; and impact of CDL model on publishers' markets.