Comment on The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 month agoDid you real the summary of the lawsuit? They were giving away unlicensed books. That is what started this thing to begin with. If they would of just not started offering free downloads of copyrighted works this would probably not be happening.
They really should of just admitted to there mistake during covid and settled. For once the lawsuits by the publishers wasn’t totally unjustified and extreme. Now I stead of that they are risking everything over there own views on copyright.
I can’t help but feel they have brought this on themselves. They had the support of the US copyright office and everything but now that’s in jeopardy
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Yes, I am aware of what they do. And I am of the opinion that spreading access to knowledge is vastly more important than copyright laws made decades before the internet was a thing. Especially when is comes to US copyright laws being forced upon the rest of the world.
They already were not “giving away” books but doing “digital lending” where DRM-protected copies were given to one user at a time, which is absolutely nonsensical in the digital age.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Breaking the law is not how you change copyright laws. Ironically, AI is the best way to crack copyright laws like an egg, but everybody seems to be vehemently opposed to it.
eskimofry@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Immoral and unjust laws are meant to be broken. When Exxon Mobil writes the law jailing activists for blocking traffic and airplanes and that is equivalent to 4-5 years… same as for brutal violence, that should make your blood boil if you’re someone who cares about our planet and our future.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
It’s not about breaking the law, what I’m saying is that copyright laws (but actually, any law) just plain doesn’t make sense when you try to apply it to the Internet, because the internet is not a national entity, and the nature of its interactions are fundamentally different from anything else that came before it. Because which country’s laws should apply when interacting across continents? If I am in country A, and I’m interacting with you, a resident of country B, on a platform that is owned by a company registered in country C, hosting their servers in country D, who should have authority to regulate this interaction? Simply put, I don’t give a fuck (pardon my french) about what the US Copyright Office has to say about anything, since I’m not a US citizen nor resident.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Copyright laws are agreed on at a international level. There even is a international copyright court.