Internet Archive’s legal fights are over, but its founder mourns what was lost

arstechnica.com

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JonHammCock @lemmy.world 2w ago
In the end, the fight led to more than 500,000 books being removed from the Archive’s “Open Library.”
In case you wanted to know what was lost.
- JohnnyEnzyme @piefed.social 2w ago
  I'm kind of amazed that only that and the 78's archive was lost. At least there's Project Gutenberg et al to help with the books, and meanwhile the IA does still archive a vast load of video material, software, and no doubt, other stuff.
- A_norny_mousse @feddit.org 2w ago
  I did, thanks.
- TheJesusaurus @piefed.ca 2w ago
  What criteria decided those books? It must be a relatively small number of all books
- Fluffy Kitty Cat @slrpnk.net 2w ago
  How many of them are not backed up somewhere else?
  
  RizzRustbolt @lemmy.world 2w ago
  Most of them are still "on" the Internet Archive.
  
  vin @lemmynsfw.com 2w ago
  I'm sure Anna has an archive or something
yunglucifer @lemmings.world 2w ago
https://annas-archive.org/
Copyright and patent laws need to die.
- SaraTonin @lemmy.world 2w ago
  They don’t need to die, they need to go back to what they used to be. The first copyright law was called the Statute of Anne and it covered a work for 14 years.
  That’s a totally reasonable amount of time for an author/publisher to make their money. And it’s reasonable for creators to want to get paid for their work.
  And then it should be public domain.
  
  yunglucifer @lemmings.world 2w ago
  
  No, they need to die.
  If you can't protect your own ideas, you shouldn't get to rely on the government to do it for you.
Hux @lemmy.ml 2w ago
Is that Steve Wozniak holding one of those zeroes?
- worhui @lemmy.world 2w ago
  Not unless he became Asian. You can click on the picture in the article to make it full screen. Not Woz.
  
  theherk @lemmy.world 2w ago
  Alright, but even full-size it does look a bit like him.

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