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> You’re comparing two very different things there. This is such an important point. Governments have longevity and universal service requirements that others
by wpietri 4y ago
> You’re comparing two very different things there.
This is such an important point. Governments have longevity and universal service requirements that others just don't. I am personally a charge-ahead-and-try-shit kind of person. But I recognize that works for me because I can easily say "fuck it" and move on from my experiments. Anything the LOC does they're stuck with, possibly for centuries.
So I'm glad that they proceed at a pace that seems positively glacial to me. That's what success on those timescales often requires.
- ghaff 4y agoFurthermore, there's digitizing things and there's providing unlimited open access to those digitized things. The LoC needs to tread lightly on the latter to a degree that other institutions may choose not to do. Just because they're the LoC doesn't mean they can throw open digital access to anything they feel like.
- WalterBright 4y agoWhy not?
- ghaff 4y agoBecause the LoC can't just commandeer the book you just wrote or the film you just made and release it for anyone to see for free.
- PLenz 4y agoAs the agency that administers copywrite in the US, they can in fact do pretty much what they want to on the subject.
- ghaff 4y agoIs it really your contention that the US government can do whatever they want with your property? Just because they administer copyright doesn't mean they simply get to ignore it themselves.