Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis...
by jachee on Friday June 21, 2024 @07:09PM
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Because billion-dollar capitalist rent-seeking bullies got their panties in a wad and threatened to bankrupt them with legal fees that the bullies wouldn’t even feel if they lost. And the archive is just a non-profit that were offering a not-for-profit service for the betterment of society, with literally zero actual negative consequences.
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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis...
by greyface- on Friday June 21, 2024 @07:35PM
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Trying to normalize a DRM system is not advancing the betterment of society. If IA wanted to be pro-social scofflaws, they should have published DRM-free epubs/PDFs/etc for download, copyright law be damned. If they wanted to be law-abiding, they should have declined to offer this service, and informed users of the existence of shadow libraries.