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Very good point, but not at odds. Let's have both: 1. An organization like LoC (or UN sponsored "government" organization) take over the Internet Archive. Let
by pipo234 3y ago
Very good point, but not at odds. Let's have both:
1. An organization like LoC (or UN sponsored "government" organization) take over the Internet Archive. Let curators curate and conserve.
2. A discussion about reform of copyright, public domain, "intellectual property", incentivizing innovation, etc.
[EDIT] And while we're at it:
3. Let's also have a discussion about the legitimacy and desirability of tools and tricks used to enforce corporate lawyer whims (ie.: DRM, 20 page EULAs, cookie banners, terms of service, etc.)
- singleshot_ 3y agoAs to 3: We have been having that discussion in the courts for decades. The consensus is that the tools we have are at least part of why eight of the top ten global websites are run by American companies. To the extent you want to have a thriving marketplace to ply (what I assume is) your trade, these tools are at least desirable. I do agree that the existence of law that supports these techniques is a choice, and that it’s entirely possible that avoidance of these techniques might win in the marketplace.
- PhasmaFelis 3y ago> The consensus is that the tools we have are at least part of why eight of the top ten global websites are run by American companies. Might be some part of that. I suspect that "richest nation in the world" and "had widespread Internet access years ahead of anyone else" are larger parts.