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Is there a link to the legal considerations of contributing as a seeder?

lyu07282 2y ago
copyright law would've already burnt the library of alexandria several times over, just something to consider about the validity of these laws written and bribed into law by publishers
- gizajob 2y ago
  What does that mean? The library of Alexandria was happy to burn down all on its own, centuries before copyright.
  - vsuperpower2020 2y ago
    He's not saying that copyright literally burned down the library of Alexandria.
- its_ethan 2y ago
  It's fine that you don't agree with the laws, but the guy is asking what the actual legal impact may be if he participates. Answering with "who cares, the laws are dumb" isn't helpful to him... people get arrested and charged against dumb laws all the time, and it sounds like he'd like to avoid that. edit: this is maybe the link he's after? looks like you need to be logged in to see it though. https://annas-archive.org/copyright https://annas-archive.org/copyright
  - lyu07282 2y ago
    so what if I didn't answer their question? its called a comment for a reason. (also: its "them", don't assume their gender like that, come on its 2024)
- yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
  How so? We literally have libraries today, and copyright law hasn't burned them down.
  - belorn 2y ago
    There are a few reasons for that. The primary being that sharing a physical book do not count as copying, but sharing a digital book does. The second reason is that libraries tend to operate under government control, and governments has done things to enable libraries and work around copyright law. An old one that my country (used to?) have was to require publishers to send copies to the national library. In return, national authors got a symbolic sum (very tiny) each time a copy was taken out. Being forced to send a copy to the government isn't technically against copyright law, since no unlawful copying is being made, but the result has a very similar feeling as unlawful copying.
    - yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
      Sure, but if anything that just reinforces how ridiculous it is to claim that "copyright law would've already burnt the library of alexandria several times over" - the LoA was very much backed by government power - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria#Early_expansion_and_organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria#Early_ex... describes not merely going out and buying anything they could get their hands on, but outright using government mandate to seize and copy new books that passed through port.
squarefoot 2y ago
Depends on where you are located; in some countries they may not give a damn if you seed some torrents, but will happily take down your site and prosecute you if you run a torrent service.

copyright law would've already burnt the library of alexandria several times over, just something to consider about the validity of these laws written and bribed into law by publishers

gizajob 2y ago
What does that mean? The library of Alexandria was happy to burn down all on its own, centuries before copyright.
- vsuperpower2020 2y ago
  He's not saying that copyright literally burned down the library of Alexandria.
its_ethan 2y ago
It's fine that you don't agree with the laws, but the guy is asking what the actual legal impact may be if he participates. Answering with "who cares, the laws are dumb" isn't helpful to him... people get arrested and charged against dumb laws all the time, and it sounds like he'd like to avoid that. edit: this is maybe the link he's after? looks like you need to be logged in to see it though. https://annas-archive.org/copyright https://annas-archive.org/copyright
- lyu07282 2y ago
  so what if I didn't answer their question? its called a comment for a reason. (also: its "them", don't assume their gender like that, come on its 2024)
yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
How so? We literally have libraries today, and copyright law hasn't burned them down.
- belorn 2y ago
  There are a few reasons for that. The primary being that sharing a physical book do not count as copying, but sharing a digital book does. The second reason is that libraries tend to operate under government control, and governments has done things to enable libraries and work around copyright law. An old one that my country (used to?) have was to require publishers to send copies to the national library. In return, national authors got a symbolic sum (very tiny) each time a copy was taken out. Being forced to send a copy to the government isn't technically against copyright law, since no unlawful copying is being made, but the result has a very similar feeling as unlawful copying.
  - yjftsjthsd-h 2y ago
    Sure, but if anything that just reinforces how ridiculous it is to claim that "copyright law would've already burnt the library of alexandria several times over" - the LoA was very much backed by government power - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria#Early_expansion_and_organization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Library_of_Alexandria#Early_ex... describes not merely going out and buying anything they could get their hands on, but outright using government mandate to seize and copy new books that passed through port.

squarefoot 2y ago

Depends on where you are located; in some countries they may not give a damn if you seed some torrents, but will happily take down your site and prosecute you if you run a torrent service.