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I consider it a lot more obscene, MIT doesn't go after all the megacorps that are training ML algorithms on research articles because they feel small in compari
by DoctorOetker 2y ago
I consider it a lot more obscene, MIT doesn't go after all the megacorps that are training ML algorithms on research articles because they feel small in comparison, but if a kid borrows too many articles, or in too quick a succession, they had no problem squashing him like a bug.
Its the same behavior you seen in frustrated adolescents that feel to small to retaliate against the perpetrators of their misfortune and "start small" by torturing smaller animals...
- 1oooqooq 2y agothose companies usually pay Elsevier for the whole bundle because it's cheaper than scrapping. the system greatly benefits those it pretends to protect the authors against.
- fhsm 2y agoProsecutorial conduct was perhaps more important than MIT’s, although the tragedy of his death provides bountiful opportunities for condemnation. https://www.forbes.com/sites/timothylee/2013/01/17/aaron-swartz-and-the-corrupt-practice-of-plea-bargaining/ https://www.forbes.com/sites/timothylee/2013/01/17/aaron-swa... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/disappointing-unsealing-decision-aaron-swartz-case https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/disappointing-unsealin... https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/aaron-swartz-prosecutor-withheld-evidence/317410/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/03/aaron...