@laurawasthere @annwilberton @NPR The Internet Archive is not pretending anything they do is novel; on the contrary. They are simply continuing the job of various archives and libraries around the world transposed to the 21st century.
@laurawasthere @annwilberton @NPR Also, I'd like to remind you that the books The Internet Archive has scanned have primarily been donated from libraries. Though I'm sure you think the grandchild of whoever wrote the reading assignments students are given deserves royalties more than students deserve education.
@laurawasthere @annwilberton @NPR the scanning itself is not forbidden though. Distribution and scanning are not the same.
If you have a problem with their model of distribution, then I ask you where your priorities lie during this pandemic. Apparently not with society, but the life+70 rent-seekers who own the IP
Libraries across the country are shuttered as the coronavirus pandemic worsens. So where can you get that reading fix?
The “National Emergency Library” has over 4 million books available online — and they're free. https://t.co/qXTS2W6z92
Admittedly the limited number of copies thing is temporarily suspended but that's because of an unprecedented global crisis that has created priorities more important than the potential lost revenue of some rent-seeking Star Wars fanfic authors
i haven't been tweeting much lately because my mom took away my nintendo 3ds (I didn't eat my veggies) but I'm just tweeting from the smart fridge instead now lets go boyysssss