Copyright Keepers Just Destroyed a Huge Digital Library
Copyright Keepers Just Destroyed a Huge Digital Library
In a troubling blow to public access, a US appeals court sided with big publishers, erasing half a million books from the Internet Archive’s lending library. This case isn’t just about books; it’s also about who controls the digital commons.
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What's the lending library?
The IA loaned digital copies of books they'd scanned. Only a certain amount of copies could be loaned at one time due to stupid copyright bullshit
During the pandemic they allowed unlimited copies to be loaned out at any time which made the copyright mafia big mad
They knowingly violated copyright. Sorry, can't excuse them.
If they want to change the regulations, then work on that. Blatantly violating them and challenging copyright holders doesn't help anyone.
They lost before they even started, and now we've lost too. We've lost access to all those books, and yet another precedent set in court.
They knowingly violated copyright. Sorry, can't excuse them
You can if you aren't a piece of shit who equates legality with morality.
If they want to change the regulations, then work on that
Notably, you have not produced any actionable suggestion for doing so.
Honestly, you should take a long walk off a short pier. And that pier should be over an active volcano.
If they want to change the regulations, then work on that. Blatantly violating them and challenging copyright holders doesn’t help anyone.
Have you studied history? Non-violently violating unjust laws is a means of working on that and striving to help others. Those responding as you have are no more helpful than you think those you criticize have been. If anything they're less so as their support may have been of greater help in changing things instead of letting them worsen.
The entirety of MLK's civil rights career was basically breaking segregation laws lol.
Copyright violations are such victimless crimes and yet people still get upset when some billion dollar company misses out on $20 worth of sales.
so funny to do the exact thing the top level comment is rightly criticizing lol. get a life
please god shut the fuck up, nobody cares about your malformed opinion
Eat a dick
The IA loaned digital copies of books they'd scanned. Only a certain amount of copies could be loaned at one time due to stupid copyright bullshit
During the pandemic they allowed unlimited copies to be loaned out at any time which made the copyright mafia big mad
that have said the IA was asking for trouble in removing restrictions from the lending library during the pandemic
That absolutely did put a huge target on their back though