schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoInternet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court winarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWe live in a system that actively prevents humans to get more knowledge, go figure.
minus-squareZacryon@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoNo one is preventing you from visiting a library, which would be a fesible alternative. However, not a simple solution for everyone in every country. Knowlegde should be a free and shared common good.
minus-square01011@monero.townlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoThat depends on where you live. The Internet Archive is far more accessible than a good library, for much of the global populace.
minus-squareZacryon@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago That depends on where you live. Yes, I know. That’s why I said: However, not a simple solution for everyone in every country.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-23 months agoHe’s also a corrupt cop, but I repeat myself. Meant to reply to the comment above yours.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months ago No one is preventing you from visiting a library, which would be a fesible alternative. actually blatantly wrong, public libraries are slowly dying and losing funding.
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoLibraries where good for before the XXI century. Nowadays the amount of content they had is pretty small. Most libraries don’t really has anything but the more famous books.
minus-squareAkrenion@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoThey became community hubs that offer more than just books. Even ebooks albeit that being weirdly capped by publishers as well. They do much more than public opinion would make you believe.
minus-squareDisaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoWell, except scumbags like eric adams, NYC’s bought-owned-and-operated-by-real-estate-interests mayor.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoHe’s also a corrupt cop, but I repeat myself.
We live in a system that actively prevents humans to get more knowledge, go figure.
No one is preventing you from visiting a library, which would be a fesible alternative.
However, not a simple solution for everyone in every country. Knowlegde should be a free and shared common good.
That depends on where you live. The Internet Archive is far more accessible than a good library, for much of the global populace.
Yes, I know. That’s why I said:
He’s also a corrupt cop, but I repeat myself.Meant to reply to the comment above yours.
actually blatantly wrong, public libraries are slowly dying and losing funding.
Libraries where good for before the XXI century. Nowadays the amount of content they had is pretty small. Most libraries don’t really has anything but the more famous books.
They became community hubs that offer more than just books. Even ebooks albeit that being weirdly capped by publishers as well.
They do much more than public opinion would make you believe.
Well, except scumbags like eric adams, NYC’s bought-owned-and-operated-by-real-estate-interests mayor.
He’s also a corrupt cop, but I repeat myself.