Re:Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early
by matheusmoreira on Sunday June 14, 2020 @10:30PM
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> I can certainly imagine a world where DRM-free e-books are the norm and unlicensed distribution is limited only by legal threat and not by technical means.
The state of YouTube proves that the copyright industry will not accept such a world. They want the technology industry to prevent copyright infringement from happening. They don't want to have to sue anyone after it has happened. Copyright infringement is widespread, decentralized and international so legal threats simply don't work. Prevention is the only option.
Copyright infringement prevention is only possible if they seize control of our computers. That is morally objectionable and cannot be allowed to happen even if it destroys the copyright industry.
> how do we get the benefits of the GPL - especially receiving things like source code - if we no longer have copyright?
We don't. The GPL was created by Stallman in reaction to copyright protection being extended towards source code. Without copyright, the software development world might revert to what it was like before that event. I don't fully understand what it was like in those days but there are descriptions in his books.
Re:Temporary National Emergency Library to close 2 weeks early
by pabs3 on Sunday June 14, 2020 @11:47PM
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The world has moved on since those days, the software development world won't revert to what is was like then, it would instead change in different ways if copyright goes away.
The state of YouTube proves that the copyright industry will not accept such a world. They want the technology industry to prevent copyright infringement from happening. They don't want to have to sue anyone after it has happened. Copyright infringement is widespread, decentralized and international so legal threats simply don't work. Prevention is the only option.
Copyright infringement prevention is only possible if they seize control of our computers. That is morally objectionable and cannot be allowed to happen even if it destroys the copyright industry.
> how do we get the benefits of the GPL - especially receiving things like source code - if we no longer have copyright?
We don't. The GPL was created by Stallman in reaction to copyright protection being extended towards source code. Without copyright, the software development world might revert to what it was like before that event. I don't fully understand what it was like in those days but there are descriptions in his books.