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Is that hypercapitalism or .. too much state control? A private industry would be able to maintain the records for next to nothing by advertising or offering r
by emmelaich 2y ago
Is that hypercapitalism or .. too much state control?
A private industry would be able to maintain the records for next to nothing by advertising or offering related services.
The govt could restrict themselves to ensuring no monopoly.
- cuu508 2y agoIntentionally ot not, it also prevents mass scraping.
- skissane 2y agoIt doesn’t because you can negotiate a bulk discount. If you want all the titles, they’ll sell that to you - for a huge fee, but still a big discount off paying for them all individually. So essentially it prevents mass scraping by individuals and small businesses, while posing no real obstacle for megacorps with megabudgets