Post AltyrMTSu4XgXsGYa0 by natureshelperokanaganhighlands@mastodon.world
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(DIR) Post #AltYJaCMlzfeSLV6VE by internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org
2024-09-11T13:20:01Z
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New op-ed from Public Knowledge in MIT Technology Review: "This decision harms libraries. It locks them into an e-book ecosystem designed to extract as much money as possible while harvesting (and reselling) reader data en masse."Why a ruling against the Internet Archive threatens the future of America’s libraries: https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/11/1103838/why-a-ruling-against-the-internet-archive-threatens-the-future-of-americas-libraries/
(DIR) Post #AltbRiJGnam1nBIZHM by rastilin@aus.social
2024-09-11T13:55:17Z
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@internetarchive The idea of "lending" ebooks was always a bit strange. Especially as "Print on Demand" is becoming cheaper.
(DIR) Post #AlteoKLcM5o9zvs4cy by failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to
2024-09-11T14:33:04Z
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@internetarchive who cares what the MIT tech rev, a glitzy journal that is the national enquirer for tech bros, saysit seems clear the IA was way over the legal linenow you may not like the law, but Socrates , am i right ?
(DIR) Post #AltyrMTSu4XgXsGYa0 by natureshelperokanaganhighlands@mastodon.world
2024-09-11T18:17:43Z
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@internetarchive i guess we need to organise some multinational agreement on preserving and making available the history of the voices of our times, remember when geocities shut down, same with stumbleupon, there was a wealth of cultural insights, a sociological university course and an anthropological treasure, and we need more perspectives, esp when it relates to the culture wars...
(DIR) Post #AluDhnbQgU7r6DtDNY by idiot@shitposter.world
2024-09-11T21:08:56.192679Z
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@internetarchive MIT says "just pirate that shit!" Not that you needed permission.