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.
"They don't want well-informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking." - George Carlin
Also dovetails nicely into how public schools today are closer to private prisons than centers of learning. Also FUCK reactionaries for co-opting Carlin.
there have been some commenters on the "world wide web" (eyeroll) that have said the IA was asking for trouble in removing restrictions from the lending library during the pandemic. that their leadership is foolish, stupid, and a bunch of other words that have nothing to do with helping people or learning
i say, fuck those commenters. i have learned a word from hexbear. it starts with a c and ends with a huds
What a fucking bummer. They can never stop the exchange of knowledge though. We are stronger than them. For every internet archive they shut down, we have a thousand more archives ready.