Ignition: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellants (1972) [pdf]

Re:Ignition: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellant... by icebraining on Saturday December 05, 2015 @08:07PM (#10683951)

Yes, yes we should. When HN even has a feature made to bypass paywalls, it's absurd to then subscribe to a strict legalistic position which provides no benefit to anyone.

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Re:Ignition: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellant... by monochromatic on Saturday December 05, 2015 @08:21PM (#10683991)

HN has a feature for bypassing paywalls? Well, it could at least be argued (I don't know how persuasively) that that isn't copyright infringement. This pretty clearly is.

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Re:Ignition: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellant... by ethbro on Saturday December 05, 2015 @08:33PM (#10684021)

Isn't this more or less what the DMCA safe harbor was actually intended for?

If a website that is not primarily engaged in massive copyright violation posts a link to a questionably copywritten work, then the onus is on the rights holder to notify.

It would seem like cases where the rights holder is unknown or has lost interest in the work (aka ophaned works) should be tailor made for this. HN has safe harbor, the rights holder has the possibility of protecting their work if they choose, and the public has access to a work that would otherwise be buried in a strictly pre-legally cleared system.

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Re:Ignition: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellant... by monochromatic on Sunday December 06, 2015 @01:31PM (#10686031)

I'm not suggesting that HN should get sued over this, so the safe harbor seems irrelevant. I'm saying that we shouldn't post things like this.

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Re:Ignition: An Informal History of Liquid Rocket Propellant... by stickfigure on Sunday December 06, 2015 @01:40AM (#10684603)

Then consider this a form of civil disobedience.

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