Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive

Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by sudosysgen on Monday June 01, 2020 @04:06PM (#23383098)

I was in Morocco when we signed copyright restrictions, and I can assure you 95% of the pressure is from United States, and it is in the interests mainly of the US and it's allies.

As far as it reflecting European interests, the Berne convention is against European interests as it pertains to US copyrighted work as it offers them less protection than US works and forces a higher standard for US copyright than domestic copyright in many cases.

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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by dredmorbius on Tuesday June 02, 2020 @10:50AM (#23391619)

Understood and accurate so far as I'm aware. As my other response notes, the tradition of copyright maximalisation began in Europe in the 19th century before being adopted by US interests in the 20th. Nationalistic attribution of traits answers far less than monopolistic power expansion.

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Re:Publishers File Suit Against Internet Archive by sudosysgen on Wednesday June 03, 2020 @12:33PM (#23405348)

I agree wholeheartedly, the tradition of copyright maximization has its origins in capitalism and value extraction, as such it follows the siege of global capitalism as that is where the interests in the commodification and extraction of value from intellectual property originates from. So it naturally began in Europe, then in the US, and maybe shortly in China? We will see.

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