Comment on Maybe It Should Be Illegal To Instantly Delete A Website's Archives - Aftermath
grue@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoHeritage laws exist in a good number of countries so that all the cultural architecture doesn’t get erased
Copyright law itself is supposed to be such a law (at least in the US), by the way.
voracitude@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
No, it is not. Copyright law ensures the original creator gets paid for their work and nobody can imitate it (quite literally “the right to copy”) without permission. Copyright law is about making money.
Heritage law is about preserving history.