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But the content they have represents a significant slice of humanity's knowledge that we have all worked hard and paid for. So if we allow these giants to withe
by c22 8y ago
But the content they have represents a significant slice of humanity's knowledge that we have all worked hard and paid for. So if we allow these giants to wither and die but we don't rescue this content (currently possible only via illegal means) then don't we risk losing access to it entirely? To me, a moral action is one which confers the greatest benefit to humanity, so from this view these scurrilous science pirates may be legally wrong, but morally correct.
- arghwhat 8y agoThen the proper action is to ensure that such moral acts are not heroic-but-illegal feats, but to ensure that our legal systems supports what we all agree is the proper way forward. However, do note that from the outside, there's nothing wrong with the ability to create their model. I like that freedom. What is wrong is that we're all feeding it, sponsoring it with government money, and indeed putting what should be our shared knowledge into a private archive. This is why I believe that the proper way forward is to simply not use them, while allowing their existence. Only if they somehow force their use, or disallow/inconvenience authors' attempts to release their content elsewhere should we take legal action in the form of writing laws against it.