It just came out that Meta downloaded via Torrent over 80 terabytes of books taken from LibGen, Anna's Archive, and Z-Library to train their AI models, and nobody is guilty. In contrast, in 2010, Aaron Swartz downloaded just 70 GB of academic articles from JSTOR (only 0.0854% of what Meta took) and faced $1 million in fines and 35 years in prison. Unable to bear the situation, he took his own life in 2013.

#FreeKnowledge #JusticeForAaronSwartz #OpenAccess #AIandEthics #FairCompensation

@rcx So .. as a researcher i am justified in taking all JSTOR-Articles to train my net? Did i get that correct?
Asking for .. a friend.
@Drezil Check the rules, and respect them. We live in a society that has rules. We can ask those to be changed, right? Cheers to your friend.

@rcx I respect rules in a society exactly the way that society respects me, my bodily autonomy and my medical needs.
We can NOT ask those in power for change. All real change comes as a reaction to massive political pressure when appeasement is not working anymore.

See: Suffragettes, Rosa Parks, State Socialism ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Socialism_(Germany) ), Civil Rights, Womans Rights, Gay Rights, Trans Rights, ...

NOTHING is done if asked. Either a court has ordered it or it was of advantage for capitalists..

State Socialism (Germany) - Wikipedia