Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis...
by johnnyanmac on Saturday June 22, 2024 @04:56PM
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I've gotten 15 other responses and the ideas I write and respond to inevitably blend together. So I apologize if I make some assumptions based on statements from other parts of the post that I have answered.
Regardless, I am a huge fan of the devil's advocate. You can talk about points without them being your complete world view. That's the assumption that we seem misaligned with. Just because I don't want all information to be free the moment it is published (or stolen) doesn't mean I want to abolish copyright.
Re:Internet Archive forced to remove 500k books after publis...
by persnickety on Monday June 24, 2024 @11:28AM
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Oh, being a devil's advocate is all fine. But when it's not clear what the advocate is advocating it stops being interesting.
>>Why should we turn information into a "product"[...]
> Because [...]
That clearly indicates that you're in fact advocating it to be a product. Perhaps I misunderstood your post, but then I'm afraid you're not making yourself very clear. I'm also not seeing any references to survival in your post, just of incentivizing where work goes, so I am fairly certain what you think you write is not what you actually write.