A federal court recently said the Internet Archive is not protected by fair use doctrine.
  • shoulderoforion@fedia.io
    1236·
    22 days ago

    Whoooooo boy, The internet in the united states you’re using right now, is going to be unrecognizable in the next 12 months, all free services will charge, cost for access will increase, speed will be symied, vpn usage will be curtailed, and archive, library, and pirate sites will be blocked.

    We just re-elected a fascist tyrant who wants to close as many avenues of education and free speech which can be used to educate, organize, and publish against him as he possibly can, as well as funnel as much cash to media and tech oligarchs to keep them onside, and now he’s got both the house and senate with which to do just that.

    • undefined@lemmy.hogru.chEnglish
      8·
      21 days ago

      I already VPN 99% of my traffic offshore. Do you think the threat to VPNs is eminent? I’ve been thinking about shadowsocks a lot but I’m not sure.

    • tekato@lemmy.worldEnglish
      514·
      21 days ago

      We just re-elected a fascist tyrant who wants to close as many avenues of education and free speech which can be used to educate, organize, and publish against him as he possibly can

      Can you point me to instances of Trump closing avenues to education and free speech during his first 4 years? Can’t find any, but I’m curious.

      • Azal@pawb.socialEnglish
        15·
        21 days ago

        Trump administration really didn’t pull off much in his first 4 years because absolutely bloody chaotic administration ran more like a reality show with Republicans not knowing the game he was playing. But can talk at least one of his big talking points he tried then and is likely to push again.

        “School choice”

        A push has been going to get instead of money going to private schools, that tax dollars go to vouchers that can go to charter and private schools along with the public schools. Naturally it’s sold as “your kids can go to whatever school you like.” But what this means is now the people who can afford private schools won’t be putting in to public schools where the poorer are still going to go because

        A) These schools you still have to get accepted into. Public schools at least, you’re in the district, you go to school. Looking up a private school in where I grew up involves sending test scores, letters of recommendation, writing samples, family meetings, etc. If you’re a have not, you’re not going there.

        B) Tuition for this school is $29,300 for a student. One of those vouchers is not going to pay for that. Now used to the way to afford was to apply through the local business families group (Walton Family Foundation… Yup, Walmart) but now it’s talking about Indexed Tuition with a lovely bit of “We also recognize that your family may need more clarity regarding your expected family contribution before proceeding with the application process: if so, please do not hesitate to contact the tuition committee”

        This along with the attacks on teachers unions continue to degrade the public schools, likely leading to many of the ones both rural and urban shutting down due to lack of funds that are getting hoovered up by these private organizations. That’s one of the attacks on education in the country right now.

    • subignition@fedia.io
      271·
      22 days ago

      5 to 7 honestly. There needs to be more pressure on companies to actually execute on their ideas instead of sitting on them for years

      • Armok_the_bunny@lemmy.worldEnglish
        56·
        21 days ago

        Copyright protects already executed ideas, stripping that protection down to less than a decade would be completely unhelpful.

        • General_Effort@lemmy.worldEnglish
          7·
          21 days ago

          Not quite. You can’t turn movies into books or games, or vice versa, for example. Sometimes such projects get stuck in limbo. Or think about how everyone hated the final season of Game of Thrones. Can’t do anything about that in our life times.

    • sunzu2@thebrainbin.org
      151·
      22 days ago

      Owner class won’t have that. They are using laws against taxpayers and feds are happy to oblige.

      I don’t even know how something like that can be changed under the current regime.

      At this rate they will start charging for air here soon. PE already profiting" buying" water rights. What demented government official signing off on something like that.