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Sometimes I think i'm too dramatic because this kind of things really pisses me of, i mean REALLY, imagine all kind of artistic AND scientific works we've lost
by samueloph 11y ago
Sometimes I think i'm too dramatic because this kind of things really pisses me of, i mean REALLY, imagine all kind of artistic AND scientific works we've lost due to the stupid IP laws that the world has.
And don't get me started on acessibility, because the fall of these laws would give us a huge increase in globalization and acessibility to 3rd world countries.
Even, this things only serve to profit rich people based on blocking everyone from making progress, and by progress i mean both technology and art.
I sincerely think some action is needed for yesterday, we need to take this down ASAP.
Also, Aaron Swartz may have made me a little extremist about this.
- cooper12 11y agoYeah this made me really disappointed as well. We've probably already lost so many works because the original distributors have long gone out of business and we're not legally allowed to preserve them. Not to mention that most of the original authors are dead so it's not like this is for their benefit. Such onerous terms are only there for the benefit of bloated megacorps. Aaron's case is also relevant to how our government views the matter: the prosecutor wanted to use him as an example even though JSTOR only cared about getting the articles back and it also made up a ridiculous sum for their monetary losses. These copyright terms are not built for the good of society.