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I will always side against the multi-billion dollar corporation.
If you don't own what you pay for, then pirating is not unethical. Period.
This makes Anna's archive a bit problematic with that logic since when you pay for a paper you get a PDF copy?
These companies maintain that even though you possess a PDF, you still do not own it and do not have the rights associated with ownership.
Well no, but in the same spirit of how you don't own a movie just because you bought the DVD? I mean there are few things you actually own after buying them
I'm not sure what you're buying, but I prioritize purchases of things I will actually own and therefore do own most of the things I buy.
I would consider it more problematic if the author of the paper got any of that and not the journal the author had to pay to be published
That's a different point
Not when the vast majority of music rights holders are not the artists. Then it becomes a far more apt comparison.
what about when you rent something
When you rent something, you can share it. You rent a car, you can have passengers. You rent an apartment, you can have visitors. You rent a tool, you can lend it to your neighbour.
Then it's rent and not bought. That shitty excuse "akshualy you only bought the license, can't do what you want with it" is just abuse, because the buyer never gets clearly informed beforehand.
if we're still talking about spotify it's pretty clear you are not actually purchasing all of music for $15
Earlier, I wasn't convinced this was due to Spotify because it happened incredibly quickly after the news about the scraping. Two weeks or so after AA's announcement, I'd hardly believe this sort of domain takedown can be carried out so swiftly, without the pirated material even being available on the site yet. Guess I was wrong, Spotify money can do miracles.
Funny how the same doesn't happen when X hosts CSAM though... Money truly can do miracles
Glad they can throw money at this, but still pay artists dogshit
I stopped believing in DMCA/DRM/Copyright legality when big tech can use pirated content for their AI training and not pay a cent for it because the judge said "Is fair use" or whatever
I feel like the whole Spotify thing was a misstep, I really dont know what to make of the whole thing
They poked the Beast. I admire their moxy, and I hope they survive.
It was a big ball move for sure, but they should probably get their domain name game good now that they're doing stuff like this
It seems like overstretching the image of primarly-bookhunting piracy community. It could've been Anna's Playlist or something. Next we'd hear the FitGirl's name is Anya too.
Having a resource with a distinct field of interest and set of challenges, foes, arguments makes way more sense to me. In public perception, stealing a book and stealing a CD, or a movie are waslty different cases, and being book-first was their natural advantage in claiming the high horse in every discussion.
Like I dont get why they had to take credit for it. Like, fine, find an anonymous way to distribute and seed it initially, I just dont get why they felt like they needed to stamp their brand on it
I guess, besides stupid pride and challenging copyright fuckos, it also whitelists these uploads as coming from a reputable source, shows that's the community is alive and still kicking.
Nah. It was great and we should see more of it.
Stop being afraid to fight because your enemies might fight back.
so how do I access it now?
Only the .org domain got seized. You can still use one of several backup domains:
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Thank goodness!
I left spotify behind
I still use smoke signals to communicate afar.
We need to move away from the DNS as quickly as possible.
It's just another tool of control.
Told you