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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by ranger_danger on Friday June 21, 2024 @06:50PM (#40754651)
90% of the "archive" is just mass piracy anyway
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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by crest on Friday June 21, 2024 @07:01PM (#40754720)
>95% of the Internet Archive is a useful service to society even if it pisses of a few companies. It should be legal even if they sometimes act as "holy fools".
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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by cft on Friday June 21, 2024 @07:25PM (#40754890)
Piracy means that something was taken by force from someone. What was it that was taken that's no longer there?
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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by ranger_danger on Saturday June 22, 2024 @12:16AM (#40756225)
that is not what software piracy means...
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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by account42 on Tuesday June 25, 2024 @07:24AM (#40787090)
Legally speaking, software piracy does not exist.
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