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Nonsense! Throughout history laws have been changed by repeated protest and civil disobedience in breaking those laws. Often it seems likely that breaking the

Nonsense! Throughout history laws have been changed by repeated protest and civil disobedience in breaking those laws. Often it seems likely that breaking the law was the only way to get it changed on any non-geological timescale. Especially here, we should be calling for everyone to join IA in breaking a bad law — or take on the task from them so they can focus on archiving and supporting from the sidelines — rather than pretending that we should all sit around being subjugated further by the day by corporate interests while we donate to the EFF or whoever (which we should also do) and hope one day for someone in government to listen and change the law.

criddell 3y ago
> Especially here I think there's probably a lot less support for the IA's strategy here than you think. At the very least, it's certainly not unanimous. For example, there are a bunch of HN regulars who have created software. Some don't want their work used in particular ways and the license they choose spells that out. To use Techdirt's word, they are gatekeepers. For example, Onyx has built a (very good) product from GPL code and refuse to release their modifications. Is that a good thing? I think it's complicated.