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Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by Spivak on Friday June 21, 2024 @08:01PM (#40755073)
Of all the things to juxtapose as a contrast to communism and the failures of an overbearing government mucking too much in natural market forces you pick copyright?!
Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis... by labster on Friday June 21, 2024 @09:04PM (#40755352)
Yeah, copyright is a government enforced monopoly. Basically the definition of socialist government intervention in the free market. IA can produce copies for much cheaper, but the government doesn’t allow them to compete, because they want publishers to operate a welfare program for writers.