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How do online libraries that provide free access distinguish themselves from each other?

Is the PDF that one downloads from aaaaarg different from a PDF that one downloads from Monoskop? Here I am looking at what the possible similarities and differences are between four resources: aaaaarg, Monoskop, Public Library and textz.com.

"In this view of materiality, it is not merely an inert collection of physical properties but a dynamic quality that emerges from the interplay between the text as a physical artifact, its conceptual content, and the interpretive activities of readers and writers. Materiality thus cannot be specified in advance; rather, it occupies a borderland— or better, performs as connective tissue—joining the physical and mental, the artifact and the user."

(Katherine Hayles, 'Print Is Flat, Code Is Deep: The Importance of Media-Specific Analysis')

aaaaarg.fail	Monoskop	Public Library	textz.com
it requires an account to download texts	it doesn't require an account, but the possibility for it exists	it doesn't require an account and the possibility for it doesn't exist	it doesn't require an account, however, the collection has a password
it has multiple contributors	it has multiple, but few contributors	it has multiple contributors that are also identifiable	it is not possible to contribute to the collection anymore
self described as: a conversation platform, or alternatively, a school, reading group or journal	self described as: a wiki for collaborative studies of the arts, media and humanities	self described as: a collection of collections	self described as: a warez database for texts
created by Sean Dockray: an artist, a founding director of the Los Angeles non-profit Telic Arts Exchange, and initiator of knowledge-sharing platforms, The Public School and Aaaarg.org	created by Dušan Barok: an artist, writer and cultural activist involved in critical practise in the fields of software, art, and theory	created by Marcell Mars & Tomislav Medak: Marcell-a free software advocate, cultural explorer, and social instigator; Tomislav- a philosopher, a free software and free culture advocate and the project lead of Croatian Creative Commons team	created by Sebastian Lütgert: a writer, programmer, media artist and activist
the books are stored on a central server	the books are stored on a central server	the books are stored on the computer of the librarian serving them	the books circulate through a torrent file, they are stored on peers' computers
the files can be downloaded at any time	the files can be downloaded at any time	the files can be downloaded whenever the librarians are connected to memoryoftheworld	the files can be downloaded if there are active seeds

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 Is the PDF that one downloads from aaaaarg different from a PDF that one downloads from Monoskop?
 Here I am looking at what the possible similarities and differences are between four resources: aaaaarg, Monoskop, Public Library and textz.com.
+'''"In this view of materiality, it is not merely an inert collection of physical properties but a dynamic quality that emerges from the interplay between the text as a physical artifact, its conceptual content, and the interpretive activities of readers and writers. Materiality thus cannot be specified in advance; rather, it occupies a borderland— or better, performs as connective tissue—joining the physical and mental, the artifact and the user."
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      | created by Marcell Mars & Tomislav Medak: Marcell-a free software advocate, cultural explorer, and social instigator; Tomislav- a philosopher, a free software and free culture advocate and the project lead of Croatian Creative Commons team
      | created by Sebastian Lütgert: a writer, programmer, media artist and activist
+    |-
+    | the books are stored on a central server
+    | the books are stored on a central server
+    | the books are stored on the computer of the librarian serving them
+    | the books circulate through a torrent file, they are stored on peers' computers
+    |-
+    | the files can be downloaded at any time
+    | the files can be downloaded at any time
+    | the files can be downloaded whenever the librarians are connected to memoryoftheworld
+    | the files can be downloaded if there are active seeds
      |}