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Feels like with every turn of the screw of the copyright inquisition humanity loses out on great advances in favor of lining the corporations' pockets.
by PeterStuer 3y ago
Feels like with every turn of the screw of the copyright inquisition humanity loses out on great advances in favor of lining the corporations' pockets.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoThis is why public libraries, online libraries / archives, a ban on book bans (???), open access to knowledge, and piracy are so important. They're anti-facist institutions, and any attempt at banning books should be scorned. Yeah, Mein Kampf is an uncomfortable read now and I understand why it's banned in some countries; notably, it's not banned in Germany, except when traded for the sake of spreading hate. But the rights to the books was passed on to the state of Bavaria, who simply decided not to reprint it. It entered public domain in 2016. But anyway, rabbithole aside, it's not banned and I hope it never will, because it's important to acknowledge and learn from these things. Can't make an informed decision if you can't get informed.