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This sets back archival and human knowledge back 100 years. If you embargo a physical copy, an electronic copy should be lendable. I would start a webtorrent+i
by sacnoradhq 4y ago
This sets back archival and human knowledge back 100 years. If you embargo a physical copy, an electronic copy should be lendable.
I would start a webtorrent+ipfs+i2p site in Iceland just to get around this insane perpetual monopoly on difficult-to-find, old shit that doesn't have a market but publishers keep locked away.
- Zetice 4y ago100 years? Seems hyperbolic. And you don’t need to do anything at all; all of these books have been freely available on IRC for years.
- nvader 4y agoSherlock Holmes' emotions would like a word. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/07/the-curious-case-of-sherlock-holmes-evolving-emotions https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/oct/07/the-curious-ca...
- Zetice 4y agoAre you aware of how that case resolved?
- nvader 4y agoMy recollection was that they reached a settlement, but I don't know for how much. https://abbasmedialaw.com/posts/copyright-netflix-reaches-settlement-on-enola-holmes-sherlock-lawsuit/ https://abbasmedialaw.com/posts/copyright-netflix-reaches-se... I found this chart interesting, and unexpectedly complicated: https://www.belmont.edu/legal/pdf/Public-Domain-Chart.pdf https://www.belmont.edu/legal/pdf/Public-Domain-Chart.pdf Based on that I think a heuristic of 100 years is broadly correct.
- Zetice 4y agoNo, it’s not broadly correct, because “when does copyright expire” has no relevance to “setting back the concept of human knowledge”. Human knowledge remains entirely unaffected by this ruling.
- katbyte 4y agoare you not aware of how long copyright lasts now?
- Zetice 4y agoYes, are you not aware of how pirating works?
- mr_woozy 4y ago[dead]
- Xelynega 4y ago> I would start a webtorrent+ipfs+i2p site Libgen?