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I think that the Internet Archive is one of the greatest libraries of human knowledge and internet culture in the world. Next to resources such as the Library G
by sva_ 4y ago
I think that the Internet Archive is one of the greatest libraries of human knowledge and internet culture in the world. Next to resources such as the Library Genesis, Sci-Hub, and probably the Wikipedia, these together might be the most important collections of human knowledge in the world.
There's almost no-one else who has an incentive to archive that kind of information, if there isn't an economic incentive. And as soon as those primary sources go bankrupt, there's no-one to keep that data available.
So I realize that this is a thorn to publishers, but I think that the interests of humanity far outweigh their personal financial incentives.
I applaud all those, who put themselves into the line of fire of those who just care about themselves, rather than the goal to preseve the wealth of human knowledge. So thank you, to all of those who do, even in light of all the difficulties it might cause in your lives.
Edit: I see these libraries similar to the library of Alexandria, which burnt down around 48 bc. People nowadays have the ability to preserve that knowledge, with equipment that isn't unattainable to the general public (especially with distributed storage). Not everyone, but a huge number of people can now prevent the next burning down of the biggest library in the world. And I think that's a great thing.
- AuthorizedHelp 4y ago
- ok_dad 4y agoIf it’s stealing then why isn’t anyone missing anything of value, other than the American public who couldn’t go to libraries for months? Fuck the publishers, whether or not their bought and paid for laws are with them in this.
- AuthorizedHelp 4y ago
- shkkmo 4y agoCopyright violation is not theft.
- ddingus 4y agoYou are correct. We have the word "infringement" because the word "theft" requires someone, somewhere be denied some property somehow they would otherwise be entitled to.
- mgdlbp 4y agoI find amusement in how the three big "knowledge for all" organizations are perfectly distributed along the D&D alignment 'law' axis (taken literally): - Wikimedia (“a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge”): lawful – religious copyright law adherence, thorough fair use rationales; proactively removes Het Achterhuis from Wikisource over DMCA "actual knowledge" of it being copyrighted in the US through an obscure series of laws[1] - Internet Archive (“Universal Access to All Knowledge”): neutral – gets archival exemption for bypassing copy protection added to the DMCA;[2][3] making archived items publicly available lies in a grey area - Sci-Hub (“free and unrestricted access to all scientific knowledge”): chaotic – just pirate all the paywalled articles [1] https://diff.wikimedia.org/2016/02/10/anne-frank-diary-removal https://diff.wikimedia.org/2016/02/10/anne-frank-diary-remov... [2] https://archive.org/about/dmca.php https://archive.org/about/dmca.php [3] https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/07/27/2010-18339/exemption-to-prohibition-on-circumvention-of-copyright-protection-systems-for-access-control https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2010/07/27/2010-18...
- _emacsomancer_ 4y agoPresumably in fact Lawful Good, Neutral Good, and Chaotic Good, respectively.
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- _the_inflator 4y agoI totally agree and can only recommend donating to Archive: https://archive.org/donate/ https://archive.org/donate/ Similar to Wikipedia/Wikimedia, in my opinion they need support. Why I love archive.org? I downloaded lots of old manuals from ancient computers for personal pleasure. Thank you archive.org!
- adhesive_wombat 4y ago> Similar to Wikipedia/Wikimedia, in my opinion they need support. The WMF has a 9 figure surplus, they have far more money then they can use (despite the begging banners implying they're on the brink). The Internet Archive is a far more useful donation.