Pen's Nest

Yes, exactly. Librarians are fiercely protective of the right to privacy! They won't give up their names for the Patriot Act, and good for them! Of course, if they managed to nationalize the library system, the funding issues we have right now (at least in Texas) might not be as bad. But Americans are fiercely protective of their federalism, and I can't really see that happening anytime soon.

Anyway, all this is really just an argument over the difference in fair use law in the US as opposed to the UK.