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The Internet Archive, ALA, and SAA Brief Filed in TV News Fair Use Case
- jefurii 11y agoTL;DNR Archives and library organizations file an amicus brief in support of a service that records TV and radio news and turns it into a searchable database. Stuff like this is part of preserving our cultural memory, and important for holding politicians and others accountable. And for seeing what commercials in 2016 used to look like.
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- baldfat 11y agoI have no trust that the ALA (American Library Association) with anything copyright. They always were cowering or helping out the Corporations to over enforce US Copyright Laws. Former System's Librarian who was always shocked at how anti- Open Source and Fair Use librarians and the ALA was till I left in 2007.
- greglindahl 11y agoSo what's your analysis of this amicus brief? More of the same, or different?
- baldfat 11y agoI think that they think that it is politically positive to go in on this lawsuit. I think the Snowden effect has greatly impacted the mindset of Librarians and when it was found out that the Government was seeking user library activity documents they all started to freak out. Makes me wish I stayed in the field just to see the tide change.
- drallison 11y agoThe Internet Archive is the real thing, a not-for-profit community resource doing good works, trying to make a better world. It is worthy of your financial support. You can donate from their website, http://archive.org http://archive.org.