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Doesn't require it, but in this case it sure is relevant

robinhood 9mo ago
It does not, since the context is absolutely not the same. Closing a major piracy actor VS actions that led to a world war.
- sammy2255 9mo ago
  Banning books is the same as banning books. Whether it's in the name of censorship or anti-piracy
  - oytis 9mo ago
    Not sure you can call it censorship if it's the author of the book who doesn't want you to access it for free. I know there are a few levels of indirection here, but with a few notable exceptions authors are normally against their books being pirated. I personally sure want Anna's Archive staying up, but comparing it to nazis burning books is a bit too much IMO
  - hermanzegerman 9mo ago
    Because the US doesn't act against copyright infringement? They just suspended the Annas Archive .org domain At least we don't ban books from Libraries, because they contain the true history or "wrong thought" and Republicans don't like that
  - carefulfungi 9mo ago
    Don't even need to rely to anti-piracy to find book banners. US public schools continue to accelerate their book banning tendencies. * https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/ https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/ * https://www.ala.org/news/2025/04/american-library-association-kicks-national-library-week-top-10-most-challenged-books https://www.ala.org/news/2025/04/american-library-associatio... * https://cdhe.colorado.gov/banned-book-list https://cdhe.colorado.gov/banned-book-list Book bans at department of defense high schools are resulting directly from this administration's executive orders. * https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/dodea-book-bans https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/dodea-book-bans We need to keep fighting for the right to read freely. Meanwhile, waiting for Cloudflare to walk away from their US government contracts to protest these blatant free speech attacks.
  - squeaky-clean 9mo ago
    This isn't banning books, it's akin to banning a book store. If a book store chain isn't paying their taxes and gets shut down, the books have not been banned or censored.

It does not, since the context is absolutely not the same. Closing a major piracy actor VS actions that led to a world war.

sammy2255 9mo ago
Banning books is the same as banning books. Whether it's in the name of censorship or anti-piracy
- oytis 9mo ago
  Not sure you can call it censorship if it's the author of the book who doesn't want you to access it for free. I know there are a few levels of indirection here, but with a few notable exceptions authors are normally against their books being pirated. I personally sure want Anna's Archive staying up, but comparing it to nazis burning books is a bit too much IMO
- hermanzegerman 9mo ago
  Because the US doesn't act against copyright infringement? They just suspended the Annas Archive .org domain At least we don't ban books from Libraries, because they contain the true history or "wrong thought" and Republicans don't like that
- carefulfungi 9mo ago
  Don't even need to rely to anti-piracy to find book banners. US public schools continue to accelerate their book banning tendencies. * https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/ https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/ * https://www.ala.org/news/2025/04/american-library-association-kicks-national-library-week-top-10-most-challenged-books https://www.ala.org/news/2025/04/american-library-associatio... * https://cdhe.colorado.gov/banned-book-list https://cdhe.colorado.gov/banned-book-list Book bans at department of defense high schools are resulting directly from this administration's executive orders. * https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/dodea-book-bans https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/dodea-book-bans We need to keep fighting for the right to read freely. Meanwhile, waiting for Cloudflare to walk away from their US government contracts to protest these blatant free speech attacks.
- squeaky-clean 9mo ago
  This isn't banning books, it's akin to banning a book store. If a book store chain isn't paying their taxes and gets shut down, the books have not been banned or censored.