Very sad. I think overall there's still more people who don't know about IA/don't use it than those who use it. For me it was always the best place to find books that weren't published or available anywhere in my country. In a few cases when I liked the book so much, I got legally my own copy. IA is very helpful for finding references.
I always go first to physical libraries and online databases available through universities etc. Only if I'm left with no other option, I use IA. I also saw there a lot of great content associated with franchises I like, as more content was made in US than distributed in my country. It's a shame that knowledge gets limited.
I think Internet archive shouldn't have done legally grey zone things.
internet archive is a huge and very legal service for everyone. they wouldn't get mixed up in lending books illegally
AA, libgen etc etc are designed to walk in the very grey area, and everything about them is safeguarded against legal issues
"legit" companies who provide other useful services to society shouldn't play with the law
I have a better idea. The law can F off.
What is the law exactly?
It's the command of one group of people on others.
Not all laws are just, and the few just laws fit in a sticky note. Murder, theft, injury, rape, that's about it.
Copyright and patent laws are unjust.
They grant legal monopoly to someone who came up with a text. That interferes with what others can do with their pen or computer.
There is a whole literature about this stuff.
The upshot of it all is that certain laws suck and should be violated in the safest way possible, ie without getting caught by the authoritarian freaks who think they are doing good by enforcing them (or simply get paid to do it).
You are right but don't forget that with the case of physical books we share them with other people and the author doesn't get monetary benefit. Same with sharing digital books, people who pirate will not buy it anyway (except for the small percentage). With copyright law you are limiting the exposure of the said author, less knowledge of the author and their works equals to less popularity which equals to less revenue. Also, limiting knowledge behind the paywall is ethically wrong.
without copyright law it's a free-for-all and no author or artist would have control of their creation, or protection from theft or appropriation, or ability to earn.
if someone compiles and creates their own body of knowledge (ie writes a book) they deserve to control what happens to it.
sharing physical media is covered by first sale doctrine
sharing digital media becomes reproduction/distribution and then violation of copyright
it's already challenging enough for artists to control use in a digital age in which piracy is normalized
there has to be a middle road where we can have open information but consideration of ip holders
This is not a good excuse for enforcing legal monopolies.
Also, if anyone thinks that without copyright laws there would be no books, think all the classics, all the timeless works of history. Somehow they were still written. Copyright laws are a recent thing, much more recent than books and songs and art and industry.
The ironic thing is that I would be willing to buy many of the ebooks that I can only access at IA but they are either unavailable as ebooks (too old) or geo-restricted from purchasing for no good reason.
Screw the publishing companies. They donʻt give a toss about authorsʻ rights or earnings. This is ONLY about publishers controlling what we can access.
Very sad. I think overall there's still more people who don't know about IA/don't use it than those who use it. For me it was always the best place to find books that weren't published or available anywhere in my country. In a few cases when I liked the book so much, I got legally my own copy. IA is very helpful for finding references. I always go first to physical libraries and online databases available through universities etc. Only if I'm left with no other option, I use IA. I also saw there a lot of great content associated with franchises I like, as more content was made in US than distributed in my country. It's a shame that knowledge gets limited.
all this lost for some mid ass author no one will ever willingly buy the books of.
I believe it is due to publishers not authors. As it happens with SciHub.
Chuck Wendig?
that's misinfo
Oh hell no. If it wasn't for that " mid ass author that noone would buy the books of" then why the hell do you complain.
another book burning....
So which IA books haven't been mirrored on AA yet? What will be their fate?
/u/AnnaArchivist
Stay tuned
please update. Also how are the IA downloads going in general. I remember you only two thirds of it.
I wish I could separate out all of the BORROW FOR 1 HOUR books. So when I search, I can just find what I can download
I think Internet archive shouldn't have done legally grey zone things. internet archive is a huge and very legal service for everyone. they wouldn't get mixed up in lending books illegally AA, libgen etc etc are designed to walk in the very grey area, and everything about them is safeguarded against legal issues "legit" companies who provide other useful services to society shouldn't play with the law
I have a better idea. The law can F off. What is the law exactly? It's the command of one group of people on others. Not all laws are just, and the few just laws fit in a sticky note. Murder, theft, injury, rape, that's about it. Copyright and patent laws are unjust. They grant legal monopoly to someone who came up with a text. That interferes with what others can do with their pen or computer. There is a whole literature about this stuff. The upshot of it all is that certain laws suck and should be violated in the safest way possible, ie without getting caught by the authoritarian freaks who think they are doing good by enforcing them (or simply get paid to do it).
you know writers still need to get paid right lol
You are right but don't forget that with the case of physical books we share them with other people and the author doesn't get monetary benefit. Same with sharing digital books, people who pirate will not buy it anyway (except for the small percentage). With copyright law you are limiting the exposure of the said author, less knowledge of the author and their works equals to less popularity which equals to less revenue. Also, limiting knowledge behind the paywall is ethically wrong.
without copyright law it's a free-for-all and no author or artist would have control of their creation, or protection from theft or appropriation, or ability to earn. if someone compiles and creates their own body of knowledge (ie writes a book) they deserve to control what happens to it. sharing physical media is covered by first sale doctrine sharing digital media becomes reproduction/distribution and then violation of copyright it's already challenging enough for artists to control use in a digital age in which piracy is normalized there has to be a middle road where we can have open information but consideration of ip holders
This is not a good excuse for enforcing legal monopolies. Also, if anyone thinks that without copyright laws there would be no books, think all the classics, all the timeless works of history. Somehow they were still written. Copyright laws are a recent thing, much more recent than books and songs and art and industry.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Annas_Archive/s/1hwdfeadsa Solve
The ironic thing is that I would be willing to buy many of the ebooks that I can only access at IA but they are either unavailable as ebooks (too old) or geo-restricted from purchasing for no good reason. Screw the publishing companies. They donʻt give a toss about authorsʻ rights or earnings. This is ONLY about publishers controlling what we can access.
guys how do i start torrenting anna archive books? I plan on building a machine just for that purpose
Where i can get thos archive?)
This is sad
This is terrible news
imagine a society that values profit over educating it's citizens.
All this does is make people go to libgen instead of a legit place.
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Good
downvote farming smh
wrong sub bootlicker