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Anna's Archive: An Update from the Team

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Post by Minor49er »

starik36 wrote: post #382
wiseowise wrote: post #241

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Do you like to give away your work for free? Please do tell us what it is you work on and where we can get it for free.

Don't modern artists do this all the time? I mean, if you understand that you exist in a digital world where copying data is not only free and easy, but also the simple nature of computers, and that people do it all the time, can you really be surprised when your digital creation that's put into this world is treated like everything else?

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Post by ranger_danger »

viccis wrote: post #344
lolive wrote: post #140

I choose the books I buy, from Anna's Archive. I choose the comics I buy from readComicsOnline. I choose the [european] graphic novels I buy from #WONTTELL. And I am one of the best customers of these 3 physical shops, in my town. So sure, I don't buy the latest trends based on ads. I investigate a lot to buy GREAT stuff. Sometimes the shopkeeper has headaches to find the obscure stuff I discovered online that NOBODY…

>readComicsOnline I'll never get over piracy sites blocking VPNs...

maybe my tinfoil hat is on too tight, but to me that behavior sounds an awful lot like what a honeypot would do...

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Post by zufallsheld »

drdrey wrote: post #299
baq wrote: post #258

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> ability to fund shadow libraries without fear of censorship Bitcoin is much worse than cash in that regard

who do you hand the cash to in order to fund a website?

Sending cash via snail mail to buy stuff online exists. While Anna's archive does not support it, it certainly exists.

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Post by frm88 »

Wowfunhappy wrote: post #385
bluebarbet wrote: post #357

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>but I can find just about any [DRM-free] audiobook I want on either Downpour or libro.fm Just had a browse of Downpour. They say that it's mostly DRM-free. I don't get it. How come the rights holders don't complain? My experience of DRM-free e-books is that the available titles are, let's say, nothing I would want to read. And audiobooks have higher production value because of the voice acting. What A-list authors a…

Unless something changed recently, every title on Downpour is DRM free when bought (as opposed to rented). I've been using Downpour for more than a decade and own tons of books. Libro.fm is slightly newer and IMO has slightly nicer UX, but both websites have mostly the same (wide) selection of titles. I can't tell you why publishers make the decisions they do, but there's no trick here, if that's what you're asking.…

If only sales on downpour were possible outside the US. I just tried to buy a K. J. Parker. Does not sell to the EU. I haven't tested libro.fm because their ToS doesn't tell me if non-US sales are prohibited and I'm not going to make an account just to try.

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Post by balamatom »

bmacho wrote: post #145
tzs wrote: post #78

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If #1 is a reference to a famous quote from Steward Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalog, it's only part of the quote. The rest is relevant: > On the one hand you have—the point you’re making Woz—is that information sort of wants to be expensive because it is so valuable—the right information in the right place just changes your life. On the other hand, information almost wants to be free because the costs of ge…

It's not a quote, but a statement. And even if it were a quote, random other quotes from the same person are not relevant. "This is just a part of the quote" people are so annoying. Like guess why it is "only a part of a quote"? Because some parts are neat, insightful and true, and some other parts are irrelevant and garbage. Sorry, this was a more general rant, because it is so annoying every single time . In this c…

>Who the hell cares about that random guy's random views?

Not you.

>How is it relevant in this conversation?

If you cared it'd be obvious to you.

"Not caring" was cool last century.

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Post by FranzFerdiNaN »

tonyhart7 wrote: post #407
Aurornis wrote: post #322

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> Am I an exception? Years ago I was following development of an indie game. The developers wanted to provide a DRM-free experience. The game had some online functionality (leaderboard or something). They were surprised when the number of accounts accessing the online functionality exceeded their sales by a dramatic number. The developer updates grew more and more sad as they switched from discussing new features to…

Yeah people pretending that "piracy" is good because they can try product first before buying which is true but lets be real out of 100 people doing that how many actually buy product in the end???? if net gain is positive then developer would not pay millions to license DRM

> out of 100 people doing that how many actually buy product in the end???? if net gain is positive then developer would not pay millions to license DRM

Lets not pretend that markets and companies are actually rational.

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Post by californical »

paradox460 wrote: post #390
gattilorenz wrote: post #343

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IA can be painted in court as an “unwilling enabler” of something like Anna’s Archive, instead of a regular library

If I go to the public library, check out a movie on disc, back it up, and share the back up file online, is my public library legally liable

Depends a bit probably if your local library has major lawsuits for operating in a very sketchy side of the legal gray area

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Post by StevigeHoning »

teekert wrote: post #89
dulpo wrote: post #13

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Interesting. Seems to be only certain jurisdictions. I can access it no problem from the UK Vodafone network.

Set proton VPN to Albania and enjoy the full internet is my experience.

Whats up with Albania?
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