Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications
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The legal ruling against the Internet Archive has come down in favour of the rights of authors.
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The problem is that while most of us agree, we all also know that isn't how the world works. IA is a major name, they are obviously not operating under the radar. They picked a fight they weren't ready to take on and they should've known better, but instead they decided to jeopardize the entire project.
If you want to be The Pirate Bay, then you need to play it smart like The Pirate Bay. This was reckless and short sighted.
Just because its not how it currently works, doesn't mean it can't be changed. We do have an entire branch of government to do just that. I am not optimistic positive changes will be made in that regard, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it.