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AI was foolish and irresponsible. Republishing books without limitations would almost surely provoke a law suit that they would almost surely lose. Not only is
by jmull 4y ago
AI was foolish and irresponsible. Republishing books without limitations would almost surely provoke a law suit that they would almost surely lose.
Not only is it a waste of resources, but now that they are in court they could very easily receive a judgement that curtails access they used to provide before the rollout of the "emergency library".
It's fine (and right, IMO) if you don't agree with the current copyright law but just ignoring them was foolish.
- beej71 4y agoI say it's fine if you think it's foolish, but we really need to save the fool.
- ineedasername 4y agoI think this is the right approach to take. Unless the IA went into their decision with their eyes open and knowing the huge risk they were taking with the existence of their organization. That would at least make it no more foolish than anyone else knowingly taking a huge risk. But yes, the IA is both culturally important and significantly beneficial in everyday practical matters. I'm not sure what we can do to help IA come out of this intact though. "Write your congressman" is these days a somewhat laughable suggestion in the face of any problem, the desperate act of last resort that no one expects to actually succeed.
- Aachen 4y agoIA autocorrect?
- jmull 4y agolol, it could've be me, I have AI on the brain lately.