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floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

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.

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.

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- eskimofry@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.
  
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- floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.
  
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  - possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Copyright laws are agreed on at a international level. There even is a international copyright court.
    
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    floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    
    Copyright laws are agreed on at a international level But every country then implements them in different ways, for example duration and what constitutes “fair use”. There even is a international copyright court No there isn’t. Source?
    
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