It looks like the internet archive is needed assistance, I just heard about this today and figured lemmy could help spread this message around

  • Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    corporations attack anything that might challenge their ability to make a quick buck: everyone and everything else be damned. sadly the only way to overcome this kind of monster is a decentralized network of information hoarders. appealing lawsuits is just a bandaid.

    the internet archive needs to reorganize. as long as it makes itself into a target as a centralized org, it will also get shot at by soulless corporate husks. im envisioning moving everything onto ipfs, that way anyone can help host as much or little as they like.

  • EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 months ago

    Modern corporations are a damned plague. Most of these fuckers would destroy our whole cultural heritage in a heartbeat if it meant making a profit.

    Yes, corporations exist to make profit, but come on, there are limits.

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      3 months ago

      there are limits

      I am glad you have a moral centre.

      But that is the capitalist way. A Redditor once wrote: “*Corporations have no morals, no ethics, no code of conduct, no feelings, no empathy, and zero accountability. They have one goal and one goal only: to increase profits at all costs.”

      Case in point: the climate crisis. Corporations are literally destroying their own home for a symbol of success that, like their products, is man-made: money. It is the ultimate pursuit of vanity.

      Crazy, if you think about it for a moment.

  • e$tGyr#J2pqM8v@feddit.nl
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    Europe is voting this weekend. If you care about copyright reform, you should consider voting for the European Pirate Party. IA is probably in the wrong here, legally. But many would argue it’s morally right to have free access to information. Sure, shadow libraries are popping up everywhere and we have access to more information than ever before, but if we really want access for everyone, we need different copyright laws, and for that we need politicians.

    • dko1905@discuss.tchncs.de
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      Sadly in countries without a pirate party, like Denmark, you can’t (as far as I know) vote for the EP pirate party.

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      The nonprofit Internet Archive is appealing a judgment that threatens the future of all libraries. Big publishers are suing to cut off libraries’ ownership and control of digital books, opening new paths for digital book bans and dangerous surveillance.

      Join 28,000+ signers on the petition below to show your support for the Internet Archive, libraries’ digital rights, and an open internet with safe, uncensored access to knowledge.

      Battleforlibraries

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      3 months ago

      Seriously no one cares if you downvote or upvote stuff. Get lost with your inept attempt at manipulation

      Yeah and I was supposed to stay calm and cute this whole week see what you have done with your shitty comment?

        • Emmie@lemm.ee
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          3 months ago

          Yeah where? You just said down voted like your personal opinion on the post mattered. Then edited to say upvoted like anyone cared or you were deluded into thinking it was thanks to your little tiny point down

          Maybe I am angry but the frikin internet archive is going down, I hate this shit