Re:Some radical thoughts about Sci-Hub
by GavinMcG on Saturday March 05, 2016 @07:07PM
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Unsurprisingly, countries that produce more content than they import have tended to adopt strong copyright laws, whereas net importers of works have typically espoused views like those of the senator qouted in the sibling comment.
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Re:Some radical thoughts about Sci-Hub
by CamperBob2 on Saturday March 05, 2016 @08:52PM
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This sounds like a good application of the [Citation Needed] tag. At least it calls for some examples, rather than a sweeping generalization.
Nations act in their self interest. Why would one need a citation to confirm that?
Because we are trying to have a rational discussion. And it's possible that "Nations act in their self interest" is often wrong, or is not well defined.
For example, if a Guatemalan dictator commits genocide against its own people and is benevolent to the United Fruit Company ... is that "Nation acting in its self interest"? It's not a clear cut question. Equally it's not clear that the behavior of corporations, dictators or governments regarding copyright at different times in history is simple "self interest".
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954_Guatemalan_coup_d'%C3%A9t...