Jonathan GerhardsonWhenever I see something about this IP suit, having lived through Napster, Limewire, soulseek, bittorrent, rapidshare blogs and b9board threads/piratebay/aaaarrrrgggh.org(rip)/monoskop/ubuweb./fitgiirl repacks, and uploading my class syllabus to scribd to download the textbook for free; etc. All I can think of is one of my favorite childhood books, Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen. I know the plaintiff is not an axe but Hatchette, and don't care; #ia #library #internetarchive #hatchette #publishing
territory wrestling nerd#hatchette is suing the Internet Archive, if you weren't aware already. While I myself don't like how the #internetarchive handles its content, they certainly cannot stay afloat if the lawsuit is successful.
DoomsdaysCW#Hatchette Books -- making money off of a book written by an #Anarchist who wanted people to steal it, rather than buy it. The same corporation suing the #InternetArchive for "piracy"! #AbbieHoffman is rolling in his grave!
How ironic. The publisher reprinting Abbie Hoffman's "Steal This Book" was one of the ones suing the #InternetArchive -- #Hatchette Book Group!
"Still Notorious, Radical, and Revolutionary 50 Years Later.
"A survival guide from one of the greatest creative organizers of the 20th century—now with a new foreword by co-conspirator, Lisa Fithian.
"Throughout the 1960's and 70's, Abbie Hoffman criss-crossed the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting by in America—some illegal and all radical. Causing scandals with its advice on how to Survive!, Fight!, and Liberate! in the 'prison that is Amerika,' Steal This Book is a revolutionary's manual to running a guerilla movement, as well as getting free food, housing, transportation, medical care, and more.
"This anniversary edition gives a new generation an insider's view into the movements of the sixties and seventies. While many of the holes in the system that Abbie exposed have since been plugged, the spirit of revolution, the dedication to opposing injustice, and the passion of creative activism continue to inspire today."
#Anarchists #AnarchistHistory #Publishers #Books #Corporations #Monopoly #Censorship #Copyright #History #Culture #SmallPublishers #IndependentPublishers #IA #ProgressivePublishers
Dark Sage Torunka 
There's also a few people who are just outright defending #Hatchette's lawsuit against #InternetArchive, as if Jason Scott just woke up one morning and said, "I want to be the Boston Strangler but for mid-list #authors".
Like, this is still *Hacker* News, right? Not "Blatant Corporate Worshipper" News?