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[–] ulu_mulu@lemm.ee 9 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You can argue that copyright law should be revised.

It already has been, there is a ruling that allows an exemption to copyright law for the specific use of preservation by libraries and museums.

Maybe they could do more about it but what's already there is way way better than nothing.