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I think it shouldn't be illegal unless you give the copy to someone else.
by qsera 2mo ago
I think it shouldn't be illegal unless you give the copy to someone else.
- dghlsakjg 2mo agoYou are describing “piracy”. The laws against copyright violation are what require both the destruction of the book, and not distributing it. The whole thing is exceptionally stupid, and really, they should just download the archive copy of Anna’s archive (which is what the Chinese are doing, and what US labs were doing)
- sandblast 2mo agoWho is “they”, you think, if not the Chinese or US labs? Anna’s Archive still doesn't have everything — I suspect all these books described are not in this great dataset.
- qsera 2mo agoIsn't the "copyright" meant to prevent someone else other than the creator taking advantage of the material?
- dghlsakjg 2mo agoGreatly simplified: The copyright protects distribution of the material. Once they sell it, they can't keep me from taking advantage of it, except in regards to creating additional copied for distribution. I can, for example, quote it in a critique and distribute that for profit since I have transformed the original work into a new work.