> The “public” in “public web” means free to access; it does not mean it's free to use. I strongly disagree with this. The public web is as much "free to publi

> The “public” in “public web” means free to access; it does not mean it's free to use. I strongly disagree with this. The public web is as much "free to publish" as "free to use." If you don't want people to have unrestricted access to it, either put it behind a paywall, throttle access server side, or just don't publish at all. The whole copyright system is already a step too far in the modern age when the marginal cost of personal copying is zero, I refuse to further give ground on freedom of association, which is what the internet is at its core. If someone republishes your copyright content, you can use the existing legal mechanisms to get it taken down and recover damages, but if you don't want people to use the content, don't publish it openly on the internet.