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Musicians rally to defend San Francisco’s Internet Archive against $621 million lawsuit
(www.sfchronicle.com)
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They're sure taking a beating this year.
This is what we expected to happen. They should have not taunted the bear with that whole "library rental" model a few years back.
Now, an important resource is going to crumble under the weight of lawsuits because of one domino.
Yeah how dare anyone attempt to challenge the status quo for public benefit
No, how dare they do that while simultaneously carrying a precious archive of irreplaceable data with them.
A guy who goes to fight an armed mugger is a hero. If he's carrying a baby with him while he does so he's an idiot. Take the baby to safety and let someone else do the risky heroics.