this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2024
4 points (100.0% liked)

Privacy

30871 readers
570 users here now

A place to discuss privacy and freedom in the digital world.

Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

In this community everyone is welcome to post links and discuss topics related to privacy.

Some Rules

Related communities

Chat rooms

much thanks to @gary_host_laptop for the logo design :)

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
4
Internet Archive is in danger (www.battleforlibraries.com)
submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by Moorshou@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml
 

It looks like the internet archive is needed assistance, I just heard about this today and figured lemmy could help spread this message around

top 13 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[–] Scolding0513@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

corporations attack anything that might challenge their ability to make a quick buck: everyone and everything else be damned. sadly the only way to overcome this kind of monster is a decentralized network of information hoarders. appealing lawsuits is just a bandaid.

the internet archive needs to reorganize. as long as it makes itself into a target as a centralized org, it will also get shot at by soulless corporate husks. im envisioning moving everything onto ipfs, that way anyone can help host as much or little as they like.

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Modern corporations are a damned plague. Most of these fuckers would destroy our whole cultural heritage in a heartbeat if it meant making a profit.

Yes, corporations exist to make profit, but come on, there are limits.

[–] original_reader@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

there are limits

I am glad you have a moral centre.

But that is the capitalist way. A Redditor once wrote: "*Corporations have no morals, no ethics, no code of conduct, no feelings, no empathy, and zero accountability. They have one goal and one goal only: to increase profits at all costs."

Case in point: the climate crisis. Corporations are literally destroying their own home for a symbol of success that, like their products, is man-made: money. It is the ultimate pursuit of vanity.

Crazy, if you think about it for a moment.

[–] MonkderDritte@feddit.de 0 points 2 months ago

Yeah. The monsters gnawing away at nature, public infrastructure, your friends? They are called corporations.
Btw, megacorps have multiple faces and are especially hungry.

[–] 96VXb9ktTjFnRi@feddit.nl 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Europe is voting this weekend. If you care about copyright reform, you should consider voting for the European Pirate Party. IA is probably in the wrong here, legally. But many would argue it's morally right to have free access to information. Sure, shadow libraries are popping up everywhere and we have access to more information than ever before, but if we really want access for everyone, we need different copyright laws, and for that we need politicians.

[–] dko1905@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

Sadly in countries without a pirate party, like Denmark, you can't (as far as I know) vote for the EP pirate party.

[–] Scrubber0777@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Would you care the elaborate more?

[–] Moorshou@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

The nonprofit Internet Archive is appealing a judgment that threatens the future of all libraries. Big publishers are suing to cut off libraries’ ownership and control of digital books, opening new paths for digital book bans and dangerous surveillance.

Join 28,000+ signers on the petition below to show your support for the Internet Archive, libraries’ digital rights, and an open internet with safe, uncensored access to knowledge.

Battleforlibraries

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 0 points 2 months ago

Is this suppost to be a link

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

There's no link. Down voted.

Update: OP updated the post to include a link. Up voted.

[–] Emmie@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Seriously no one cares if you downvote or upvote stuff. Get lost with your inept attempt at manipulation

Yeah and I was supposed to stay calm and cute this whole week see what you have done with your shitty comment?

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I was asking others to downvote low effort content to improve the quality of the content on the platform for others.

[–] Emmie@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yeah where? You just said down voted like your personal opinion on the post mattered. Then edited to say upvoted like anyone cared or you were deluded into thinking it was thanks to your little tiny point down

Maybe I am angry but the frikin internet archive is going down, I hate this shit