Comment on The Internet Archive’s Fight to Save Itself
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month agoNot sure why this is getting downvoted. It’s completely accurate.
They pushed this “digital library” idea to even beyond their own definition, got punished for it, and now they are at-risk of losing their core function. Corporations and alt-right shills would love to get rid of any trace of accountability, and this is one avenue that calls them out on the bad shit they post online.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Because they’re getting punished for providing books to people, while OpenAI & friends have been infringing copyright on a much, much bigger scale, and getting away with it. As always, the point isn’t author’s rights, it’s money.
p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Based on what? Distributing numbers in a big database doesn’t infringe on copyright, and downloading a web page or image doesn’t either.
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
You’re right, I apologize, my use of “infringing copyright” was too loose there. What I meant in that context is more like “stealing and then re-selling the identity and essence of every human creation to ever be made into ones and zeros”