 i do find it funny that there's a distinct group of people tut-tutting the internet archive, "didn't they know they'd get sued" moments after going "wow, this old dos game is on the internet archive" my point being: the archive has always erred on the side of preservation and access in the murky grey areas of intellectual property and copyright that and it's very funny to hear people go "be gay, do crimes, except run an emergency online library during global lockdowns" 3 comments
i remember when i visited the internet archive, and the staff casually said "well, when the government shuts us down, at least they'll have to break into a church", there's never been a moment where they thought they'd be "perfectly legal and safe" that's the thing: archiving isn't something you do, it's something you fight for "hey, librarians are standing up to the patriot act!" hooray! woo! "librarians are standing up to the DMCA" nice, nice "librarians are lending out ebooks" god? really? don't they know that's poking the bear of the publishing cartel. idiots. i can't support them doing something that would so obviously get them into trouble fix your heart |
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i'm sure i'll regret posting this to mastodon because even when i make an obvious joke with wry social commentary someone will try to explain it back to me, despite knowing full well "if the internet archive avoided anything that could warrant legal issues from the outset, the internet archive wouldn't archive the internet from the outset"