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Internet Archive is in danger (www.battleforlibraries.com)
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It looks like the internet archive is needed assistance, I just heard about this today and figured lemmy could help spread this message around

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[–] simple@lemm.ee 30 points 5 months ago (21 children)

Everyone that wants context should read this: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-internet-archives-last-ditch

Listen, I love the IA and everything they stand for, but they're not winning this. They fucked up and gave away copyrighted content, for free, in unlimited amounts during covid. They then proceed to melt down in court because they know it's impossible to win. Now they're seeking empathy from everyone and not talking about why they got sued - which is giving away potentially millions of copies of other people's work...

[–] stormeuh@lemmy.world 7 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't know what happend the last few years with Lunduke, but it seems like he went down the conservative/conspiracy rabbit hole and now I don't trust anything he writes anymore. Please see for yourself, this article is a good starting point: https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-tech-industry-hates-you?utm_source=profile&utm_medium=reader2

[–] Gsus4@mander.xyz 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I think this explains his stance a bit https://piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=rRDEkMAcwrQ I agree with some bits (because code quality does matter more than being nice when it is your profession), disagree with some (because being a grumpy idiot will harm your ability to build on collaborative projects).

PS: but yea, then there is also the video about the tech industry where he cherrypicks outrage and contradicts himself and agrees that Linus is rude and divisive...which sort of discredits him, because he only seems to like angry but competent people when they agree with him.

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