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I still wonder what their plan was in anticipation of this confrontation. Worst Case: Chirping (Not seeing this coming at all) Naive Case: "Surely they will c
by Vespasian 6y ago
I still wonder what their plan was in anticipation of this confrontation.
Worst Case: Chirping (Not seeing this coming at all)
Naive Case: "Surely they will come to recognize our 'superior' 'moral' arguments and cease their evil ways"
Historically ignorant case: "The people will stand up and join us. We are invincible" (aka every rebel ever...most fail)
- mindslight 6y agoI don't know. There was that point right after society became aware of COVID that everyone was imagining pulling together for the common good, before the political machine grabbed the crisis and performed the all-too-American response of corporate bailouts coupled with tough luck for everyone else. I can only imagine they got caught up in that feeling, and thought everyone being stuck at home would be a good time to demonstrate the regressiveness of copyright. Unfortunately copyright infringement doesn't have equitable punishments like actual property crime but rather is playing with fire. If they had thought ahead, they could have pulled a similar stunt but with definite inventories of books sitting on the shelves of closed libraries. Alas.
- Vespasian 6y agoSeems plausible and I can certainly see their good intentions coupled with a general dislike for monetary cultural gatekeeping One trait of good leadership is the ability to weigh the consequences of actions of their organisation. They failed in that regard.