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The common people have always found it inconvenient. Pirated media routinely has a better user experience than otherwise. AO3 shows how powerfully people are d
by handoflixue 2y ago
The common people have always found it inconvenient.
Pirated media routinely has a better user experience than otherwise. AO3 shows how powerfully people are drawn to fan-fiction (which still exists in a very legally grey area, despite the size of the community). I don't think a lot of people here support what happened to Aaron Swartz. "Information wants to be free".
If it's also now inconvenient to the rich, I think one can reasonably ask who exactly is benefiting?
- 1659447091 2y ago> I think one can reasonably ask who exactly is benefiting? My guess would be the authors, photographers, etc. Many of who are not the rich but middle class. I would think if they did not benefit, none of this would even be an issue as they could release their work and waive the copyright-isn't that what the Creative Commons license is for? If copyright were forced on the author and they had no way to share their work freely, if they choose to do so, then that would be a problem, imo.
- fsflover 2y agoThis is not so simple: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15305476 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15305476