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> The thing is, ISBNs map to: > - publisher - assigned title - (roughly) order of publication I assume the task isn't just to visualize isbns literally. Presum

> The thing is, ISBNs map to: > - publisher - assigned title - (roughly) order of publication I assume the task isn't just to visualize isbns literally. Presumably you are allowed to cross reference with other data. > The elephant in the room of course is the matter that "Anna's Archive" is not a legitimate book repository, but a piracy site, I think its pretty clear that the target audience doesn't care. I don't think the target audience holding differing political views is really a valid critcism of the project. It should be evaluated in the context and audience it was created for.

WillAdams 2y ago
This is not a political stance, but one of basic questions of authorship and what compensation authors should receive and what control they should have over their work. See arguments by Alexander Pope in Pope _V._ Curll.
- mistrial9 2y ago
  when China decided to wholesale ignore Western copyright in the digital age, completely.. the equation changed IMHO.
  - WillAdams 2y ago
    Yes, but dealing with that politically would be made easier by having the moral high ground.
    - mannyv 2y ago
      Not really, because it depends on the basis of morality. In fact, this 'morality' problem is shown in the existence of libraries in the US. Is a book a collective good? Or property? In the US the answer is 'both' in an awkward way. But the US does know that having books behind a paywall is not in society's best interest. And in reality 99% of the books will never be read, which makes their 'value' as property suspect.
      - WillAdams 2y ago
        If so few books are to be read, then why is it so difficult to pay for those which are?
- bawolff 2y ago
  > This is not a political stance, but one of basic questions of authorship and what compensation authors should receive and what control they should have over their work. Questions of compensation and ownership are one of the most political questions of all. What exactly do you think communist revolutions were revolting over?
  - WillAdams 2y ago
    How to employ and feed and compensate the masses.

WillAdams 2y ago

This is not a political stance, but one of basic questions of authorship and what compensation authors should receive and what control they should have over their work. See arguments by Alexander Pope in Pope _V._ Curll.

mistrial9 2y ago
when China decided to wholesale ignore Western copyright in the digital age, completely.. the equation changed IMHO.
- WillAdams 2y ago
  Yes, but dealing with that politically would be made easier by having the moral high ground.
  - mannyv 2y ago
    Not really, because it depends on the basis of morality. In fact, this 'morality' problem is shown in the existence of libraries in the US. Is a book a collective good? Or property? In the US the answer is 'both' in an awkward way. But the US does know that having books behind a paywall is not in society's best interest. And in reality 99% of the books will never be read, which makes their 'value' as property suspect.
    - WillAdams 2y ago
      If so few books are to be read, then why is it so difficult to pay for those which are?
bawolff 2y ago
> This is not a political stance, but one of basic questions of authorship and what compensation authors should receive and what control they should have over their work. Questions of compensation and ownership are one of the most political questions of all. What exactly do you think communist revolutions were revolting over?
- WillAdams 2y ago
  How to employ and feed and compensate the masses.