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minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down1·5 hours agoThe knowledge is retained and owned by a private corporation who now does not have to share what may have been a still under copyright, but now the corporation owns it? Make it make sense.
minus-squareRiskable@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·41 minutes agoYes. That does make sense. If you bought a book, scanned it—destroying it in the process—then read it on your computer, that would be completely acceptable. Why is it wrong when a corporation does the same thing? They’re not claiming ownership of the copyrights, just ownership of a copy. Which is how copyright works.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-24 hours ago Make it make sense A robber barron class of psychopaths are running the whole damn show!
The knowledge is retained and owned by a private corporation who now does not have to share what may have been a still under copyright, but now the corporation owns it? Make it make sense.
Yes. That does make sense.
If you bought a book, scanned it—destroying it in the process—then read it on your computer, that would be completely acceptable.
Why is it wrong when a corporation does the same thing?
They’re not claiming ownership of the copyrights, just ownership of a copy. Which is how copyright works.
A robber barron class of psychopaths are running the whole damn show!