TechnologyEnglish · 5 months ago

500,000 Books Have Been Deleted From The Internet Archive’s Lending Library

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500,000 Books Have Been Deleted From The Internet Archive’s Lending Library

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TechnologyEnglish · 5 months ago

If you found out that 500,000 books had been removed from your local public library, at the demands of big publishers who refused to let them buy and lend new copies, and were further suing the lib…

If you found out that 500,000 books had been removed from your local public library, at the demands of big publishers who refused to let them buy and lend new copies, and were further suing the library for damages, wouldn’t you think that would be a major news story? Wouldn’t you think many people would be up in arms about it?

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No, that’s supporting piracy.

What the Internet Archive really needs it to stop breaking copyrights.
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  Bad take. Don’t be a bootlicker.

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