Copyright is invented scarcity in a world increasingly running into the contradictions of Capitalism
this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2024
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thanks. some people in here need to hear you say it
"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'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
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
Become a data hoarder until the internet becomes a dead mall god willing
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.
IP laws breed innovation once again. /s
Remember in the 90s when the internet was new and all we heard about was how it was going to innovate education and information gathering?
I did not have internet access at that point. I doubt that, where I live, there were many people who did at that time.
who needs the largest archive to have ever existed when you have shareholder profits and bazinga SaaS startups
RETVRN to 14 years + 14 renewal as the framers intended