Glad we can finally make the [rereads notes] Wayback Machine pay for its crimes.
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And yeah, fairly compensate authors for their works. Agreed! But we’re in a pandemic and IA tried to do something different to help people. Their normal model (that they’ve reverted to) is lending out only as many e-books as physical copies they have.https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2020/06/publishers-sue-internet-archive-over-massive-digital-lending-program/ …
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The program was supposed to end June 30th anyways. This only ends it two weeks early and maybe removes one of the most impressive collections of information we have. But god forbid the internet actually be useful.
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This man is a menace
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Oh, good on Wendig and (checks notes) pretty much everyone else the IA is stealing from.
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Do you think he owns the publishers filing the lawsuit?
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Yes, I think he’s President of Publishers.
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tbf it’s not just wenpig, it’s also problematic faves like Colson Whitehead
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so how do we mirror the entire archive on Zeronet or something
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