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Yeah, I am finding it very hard to forgive them for falling in with the "covid suspends the normal rules" hysteria. They still have a chance to salvage the sit

Yeah, I am finding it very hard to forgive them for falling in with the "covid suspends the normal rules" hysteria. They still have a chance to salvage the situation if they start exfiltrating their hard drives to a country not on friendly terms with the western IP regime, but time is running out.

jampekka 2y ago
Covid suspended a lot of normal rules, but those that could affect massive accumulations of wealth are of course not to be touched under any circumstances.
- you_should_die 2y ago
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- lupusreal 2y ago
  It didn't suspend the rules, it only made a lot of people feel entitled to break the rules. Those with power will never be held accountable for the various rules they broke, but those without that kind of privilege will be paying for what they did. Archive.org falls into the latter.
  - jampekka 2y ago
    Lockdowns and attire and medication mandates weren't suspending normal rules? Their necessity can be argued for, but they clearly and dramatically suspended very fundamental liberties and rights.
    - torstenvl 2y ago
      No. They violated them. There's a difference.
  - AwaAwa 2y ago
    Depressing that in this 'enlightened' age, this statement is the closest to closure we will ever have for all the in-plain-sight rule breaking by the powers that be. Technology, the great equalizer, except when it's not. Mostly not.
  - lilharddad 2y ago
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startupsfail 2y ago
Can IA ask all users to certify that they were using IA for research use only and qualify for the research use exemption under the copyright laws? Lending books was to individual user accounts, so I’d guess it could be possible to reach out to users. I’ve used IA lending one time when I wanted to check a reference in an old book and it was purely research use. I would imagine that most of the IA use cases are research or teaching, not entertainment.

jampekka 2y ago

Covid suspended a lot of normal rules, but those that could affect massive accumulations of wealth are of course not to be touched under any circumstances.

you_should_die 2y ago
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lupusreal 2y ago
It didn't suspend the rules, it only made a lot of people feel entitled to break the rules. Those with power will never be held accountable for the various rules they broke, but those without that kind of privilege will be paying for what they did. Archive.org falls into the latter.
- jampekka 2y ago
  Lockdowns and attire and medication mandates weren't suspending normal rules? Their necessity can be argued for, but they clearly and dramatically suspended very fundamental liberties and rights.
  - torstenvl 2y ago
    No. They violated them. There's a difference.
- AwaAwa 2y ago
  Depressing that in this 'enlightened' age, this statement is the closest to closure we will ever have for all the in-plain-sight rule breaking by the powers that be. Technology, the great equalizer, except when it's not. Mostly not.
- lilharddad 2y ago
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startupsfail 2y ago

Can IA ask all users to certify that they were using IA for research use only and qualify for the research use exemption under the copyright laws? Lending books was to individual user accounts, so I’d guess it could be possible to reach out to users. I’ve used IA lending one time when I wanted to check a reference in an old book and it was purely research use. I would imagine that most of the IA use cases are research or teaching, not entertainment.