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submitted 1 year ago by xuxebiko@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.

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[-] tocano@lemmy.ml 33 points 1 year ago

you are taking this to the extreme without considering what you are saying. it is true that authors should be rewarded for their efforts to produce a piece of writting or art. however, sometimes some authors and publishers choose to hide this content, which may be useful when accessible by the larger community. imagine if certain inventions were not made public by their inventors. the entire race would still be living in the stone age.

[-] candyman337@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 year ago

This is actually happening with certain things that are patented or prohibitively expensive. I.E. insulin. A LOT of more efficient eco-friendly tech has just not been adopted because it's patented and it wouldn't be cost effective for companies to switch in our profit driven capitalist hellscape.

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