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Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending by Nevermark on Thursday September 05, 2024 @03:54AM (#41454530)
Both copyright protection and fair use exceptions have valid but contradictory “logical conclusions” that require practical considerations, wisdom and negotiated compromise to balance.

Anyone going all in on either side is not on the side of maximizing access, which legitimately depends on maximizing the production of things to access.

Anyone making a crusade of only one side, without collaborating with the other, will damage both.

Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending by account42 on Thursday September 05, 2024 @10:14AM (#41456839)
Not really. We ha an abundance of creation long before copyright.
Re:Internet Archive loses appeal over eBook lending by Nevermark on Thursday September 05, 2024 @10:21PM (#41462295)
I have never heard anyone claim there wasn’t.