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Re:Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive,... by badlibrarian on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @09:44AM (#43332377)
That's not what I said. For avoidance of doubt, allow me to rephrase the concept in the local language: paying a bunch of artists and engineers to build an app that generates minimal revenue, pulling it from the app store, then writing off the loss, is neither clever nor fraudulent.
Re:Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive,... by nerdponx on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @10:03AM (#43332553)
Right, I get what you said.

I am arguing that it is in fact a fraud perpetrated against the taxpayer, even if it's not legally categorized as "fraud" at this time.

Re:Music labels will regret coming for the Internet Archive,... by badlibrarian on Tuesday March 11, 2025 @10:58AM (#43333113)
Why is writing off a loss fraudulent? This very website is funded by such actions.