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Super selfish of Anna's Archive to mention this. "Look what we did!" with zero thought to the consequences for others.

• bigyabai 1y ago
  > the consequences for others. The only people facing consequences are the license-holders. Online lending libraries aren't missing a copy now that AA archived it, and there's not really a substantial cost to the hosters in network bandwidth. Am I missing something here? As a user I don't empathize with anyone but the archivers.
  • gattilorenz 1y ago
    IA can be painted in court as an “unwilling enabler” of something like Anna’s Archive, instead of a regular library
    • paradox460 1y ago
      If I go to the public library, check out a movie on disc, back it up, and share the back up file online, is my public library legally liable
      • californical 1y ago
        Depends a bit probably if your local library has major lawsuits for operating in a very sketchy side of the legal gray area
        • account42 1y ago
          Maybe your library shouldn't have made choices that put it at odds with the data preservation community then.
          • californical 1y ago
            Strongly agree, but what does that have to do with the point I was making: that yes indeed they might be liable, and are different than a library?