Ernie SmithJun 28, 2024
The irony is not lost on me that the Internet Archive went out of its way to acquire the physical versions of millions of books and loan them out carefully and in a limited way, and is facing a near-extinction-level event over it, while for-profit and VC-backed companies are just stealing people’s content and making up excuses to validate the bad behavior.
Show threadPrastowo Yustinus 
@ernie Not problem, use Anna archive instead, stop use internet archive for reading books because site admin and team will remove stuff if received message from stingy companies who want to destroy old stuff for profit.

https://annas-archive.org/
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The world’s largest open-source open-data library. Mirrors Sci-Hub, Library Genesis, Z-Library, and more.

Jun 29, 2024 at 11:21amWeb
Show threadErnie SmithJun 29, 2024
@prastow So basically use an archive that doesn’t respect copyright law at all instead of one that is at least trying to show some respect to copyright
Show threadErnie SmithJun 29, 2024
@prastow I get it. But it doesn’t feel like an amazing set of options right there.
Show threadMoth Aug 6, 2024
@ernie @prastow That's exactly the thing, though. The copyright system is inherently broken. Systems that are inherently broken and corrupt can only be circumvented by crime. It's why piracy will ALWAYS be connected with communities that are not necessarily "illegal" (Preservation, retro gaming, FOSS).