schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agoInternet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court winarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square68fedilinkarrow-up1842arrow-down14 cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlpiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up1838arrow-down1external-linkInternet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court winarstechnica.comschizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square68fedilink cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.mlpiracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up112·6 months agoWe live in a system that actively prevents humans to get more knowledge, go figure.
minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up61·6 months agoWe live in a system that monetizes everything, then seeks to restrict access to those things in order to profit. Knowledge is just one casualty.
minus-squareAceticon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·6 months agoScarcity is money and if there is no scarcity laws will be bought to to artificially create said scarcity.
minus-squareZacryon@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down46·6 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-up44arrow-down1·edit-26 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-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 months agoAnd my library doesn’t have every book I want to read.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoHe’s also a corrupt cop, but I repeat myself. Meant to reply to the comment above yours.
minus-squareZacryon@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·6 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-squarekent_eh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 months agoIt’s not even limited by country. There are far too many places in well resourced countries that don’t have access to good (or any) libraries.
minus-squareDisaster@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·6 months agoWell, except scumbags like eric adams, NYC’s bought-owned-and-operated-by-real-estate-interests mayor.
minus-squareAngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoHe’s also a corrupt cop, but I repeat myself.
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·6 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-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 months agoi would fuck with public libraries if they had stocks of educational material, as well as communal spaces, which they generally do so.
minus-squareKillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·6 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.
We live in a system that actively prevents humans to get more knowledge, go figure.
We live in a system that monetizes everything, then seeks to restrict access to those things in order to profit.
Knowledge is just one casualty.
Scarcity is money and if there is no scarcity laws will be bought to to artificially create said scarcity.
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.
And my library doesn’t have every book I want to read.
He’s also a corrupt cop, but I repeat myself.Meant to reply to the comment above yours.
Yes, I know. That’s why I said:
It’s not even limited by country. There are far too many places in well resourced countries that don’t have access to good (or any) libraries.
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.
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.
i would fuck with public libraries if they had stocks of educational material, as well as communal spaces, which they generally do so.
actually blatantly wrong, public libraries are slowly dying and losing funding.