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Post by wizzwizz4 » Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 1:35 PM UTC

Over2Chars wrote: post #33

jillesvangurp wrote: post #23

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The problem with such judgment is that they are subjective and subject to biases that change over time. Almost every scrap of information from ancient civilizations is considered priceless at this point because so few is left of it. Anything from obscene graffiti, shopping lists, personal messages, etc. All of it. Many autocratic regimes editorialize and censure all forms of publications. But even in the US, which is…

All action is "subjective and subject to biases that change over time". This would then imply I could never take any action, because it's just subjective and biased. Maybe that's an exaggeration of your position, but you do seem to be suggesting inaction or the impossibility of judgement. I reject this position 100%. I would suggest that judgement is a critical part of our civilization, and it's judgement that says t…

Post by lyu07282 » Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 1:58 PM UTC

tiagod wrote: post #51

Over2Chars wrote: post #40

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Well I guess your one valuable paragraph that matters only to you justifies backing up millions (billions?) of human and soon to be AI generated books, because someone, somewhere, at some time will find a line or two valuable. Maybe. I retract my position, let's back up everything!

I think that's the case. IIRC The British Library has copies of all published material in the UK, including flyers and such. What seems banal and useless to you, might be extremely important for future historians, and to be honest, books are pretty compressible and storage is cheap.

Post by myrmidon » Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 2:09 PM UTC

friend_Fernando wrote: post #37

thomasingalls wrote: post #32

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Major efforts at creating "everything" libraries are usually looked upon as a positive effort that benefits all of humanity, and we generally mourn the loss of any such effort, regardless of whether the effort is against the laws of the state at the time the effort was undertaken, or even if the collection was created in a morally reprehensible way. See: Library of Alexandria, Library of Congress, GenBank, the Svalba…

No one is objecting to knowledge preservation - when you just preserve it instead of abundantly replicating it with a wink. Reasonable people are objecting to copyright law violation, for the simple reason that it disincentivizes further knowledge creation. Even more reasonable people are objecting to weaponizing copyright law violation on behalf of the vilest dictatorship on the planet.

Post by 9dev » Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 2:16 PM UTC

jillesvangurp wrote: post #53

heinrich5991 wrote: post #39

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> Possession or distribution of his books is still not allowed in Germany. AFAIK this has never been true in Germany (for the book Mein Kampf at least). AFAIK the German state of Bavaria inherited Hitler's copyright on the book, and did not republish it. This means that no one was allowed to print it for copyright reasons, but you could still own or trade existing copies of the book. After 2015, 70 years after Hitler…

It seems you are correct and I was only half right. Lets just say that quoting the man in public is still likely to get you in trouble. More than a few AFD politicians are finding that out the hard way.

Post by masfuerte » Fri, Jan 10, 2025, 2:38 PM UTC

billpg wrote: post #45

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