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EDIT: I should delete this because it is wrong, but I won't so as not to confuse the reply. Thanks, gwern. Sorry for not RTFA first, but I've adopted a habit o

by 18pfsmt 15y ago

EDIT: I should delete this because it is wrong, but I won't so as not to confuse the reply. Thanks, gwern. Sorry for not RTFA first, but I've adopted a habit of reading comments first. --- I believe these documents are still under copyright, so that would give them significant liability. They exist as a DMCA compliant company, so they are protected from their users' actions; but, pro-actively doing what you suggest would remove the DMCA protections.

gwern 15y ago
> The portion of the collection included in this archive, ones published prior to 1923 and therefore obviously in the public domain, total some 18,592 papers and 33 gigabytes of data. > The documents are part of the shared heritage of all mankind, and are rightfully in the public domain, but they are not available freely. Instead the articles are available at $19 each--for one month's viewing, by one person, on one computer. It's a steal. From you.