[bouncycastle]

Look at books: You can go to your local public library and borrow any book for free, yet new books are still made under that system.

[sokoloff]

Fair point! In many libraries, you can go to the library and check out DVDs as well.

That could be a way to make videos available for free but inconvenient enough that people would pay for a more convenient way, just as they do with books.

[rewgs]

The cost of creating a book is essentially $0 when compared to movies.

[lp0_on_fire]

The _vast_ majority of book sales are to private individuals, not libraries.