StrypeyLike the Right to Repair, we have a Right to Archive. Copyright laws around the world must change, to make it clear that noncommercial archiving of born-digital, published artifacts is Fair Use/ Dealing, and exempt from all copyright claims.
The alternative is to let the powerful run their own versions of the Ministry of Truth, and stuff any digital artifact that's inconvenient to them down the memory hole.
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Strypey (@[email protected])
@[email protected] I mean, are you aware of this? https://www.ted.com/talks/carole_cadwalladr_this_is_what_a_digital_coup_looks_like These people collectively control the archives of most of the world's discussions. As Orwell warned us in 1984; "Who controls the past controls the future: who controls the present controls the past" Independent archiving of public discussions is an essential hedge against global totalitarianism. Orwelll again; "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face - for ever." This is what's at stake.