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Aren't books kinda a special case ? Given all the past (and even current!) cases of censorship and book burning, shouldn't we strive to never allow that ever ag
by m4rtink 6y ago
Aren't books kinda a special case ? Given all the past (and even current!) cases of censorship and book burning, shouldn't we strive to never allow that ever again and to protects books for future generations ?
Finally we have a way to preserve books in perfect form forever digitally yet people somehow try to shackle this new technology with paper book technology limitations. The same limitations that coat us so much ideas, knowledge and stories as books would burn, rot or turn to dust.
Frankly any form of technology trying to prevent digital book distribution and archiving really is a digital equivalent of the inquisition book burning (or helping make that happen again).
- Denvercoder9 6y ago> Aren't books kinda a special case ? What is the fundamental difference between a book and a video that would make books a special case? Yes, they were around earlier, and yes, that history has shown what can happen if we start censoring expression. But that's not unique to books, and the exact same reasoning applies to video in the current world.
- m4rtink 6y agoThen maybe we should strive to protect all of our culture for future generations ? Instead of trying to artificially limit it's spread for a quick buck and risking loosing it all in the process. How many old movies have been lost, old TV shows that were live only, old software with source code lost for ever and even many games that no one can play anymore due to game servers and DRM servoces shut down. Instead of breaking out of this vicious cycle when we finally have the technology to do that, there are people actively working against that, including sabotage of those who want to do the right thing...