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Ask for forgiveness not permission if you want to innovate.
by xwdv 4y ago
Ask for forgiveness not permission if you want to innovate.
- hvs 4y agoOr be sued into oblivion.
- twblalock 4y ago> Ask for forgiveness not permission if you want to innovate. That only works if you are capable of handling the legal trouble that results.
- hash07e 4y agoLike Uber.. Right?
- twblalock 4y agoUber still exists and that is proof that their plan worked. They didn't just break laws (and a lot of what they broke were just regulations, not "real" laws, and those regulations were often corrupt anyway): they also lobbied to get the laws/regulations changed, including through the California ballot proposition process and by directly approaching politicians in the EU, and they have won numerous lawsuits. The Internet Archive appears to have simply decided they could break copyright law, which is a very well supported area of law unlike taxi regulations, and they made no efforts to protect themselves. Pretty stupid. I certainly would not donate to an organization that might waste my donations on stupid things like this.
- hash07e 4y agoLike Copyright ""laws"" that always get extended when Mickey Mouse is going to be public domains right? Feels more like an regulation that an law. Strange that you hold copyright laws so above all.
- PragmaticPulp 4y agoThis is becoming one of the most abused sayings in the startup world. In this case “ask for forgiveness” could mean going out of business in the process. You can only afford to “ask for forgiveness” and break the law if you’re willing to lose it all. Why the IA did this as part of their long established archive business instead of a separate venture is beyond me.
- xwdv 4y agoForgive us for abusing it. We just want to succeed.