#libraries
The Future Of Ideas - THE FATE OF THE COMMONS IN A CONNECTED WORLD
Aaron Swartz and Lessing
at the launch party for Creative Commons (2002)
"The Internet revolution has come. Some say it has gone.
What was responsible for its birth?
Who is responsible for its demise?"
"In The Future of Ideas, Lawrence Lessig explains how the Internet revolution has produced a counterrevolution of devastating power and effect.
The explosion of innovation we have seen in the environment of the Internet was not conjured from some new, previously unimagined technological magic; instead, it came from an ideal as old as the nation.
Creativity flourished there because the Internet protected an innovation commons. The Internet's very design built a neutral platform upon which the widest range of creators could experiment. The legal architecture surrounding it protected this free space so that culture and information - the ideas of our era - could flow freely and inspire an unprecedented breadth of expression.
But this structural design is changing - both legally and technically."
"This shift will destroy the opportunities for creativity and innovation that the Internet originally engendered.
The cultural dinosaurs of our recent past are moving to quickly remake cyberspace so that they can better protect their interests against the future.
Powerful forces are swiftly using both law and technology to "tame" the internet, transforming it from an open forum for ideas into nothing more than cable television on speed.
Innovation, once again, will be directed from the top down, increasingly controlled by owners of the networks, holders of the largest patent portfolios, and, most invidiously, hoarders of copyrights." — https://archive.org/details/TheFutureOfIdeas/page/n1/mode/2up
#book #copyright #patents #cartels
#internet #commons #creativity #publicaccess #CreativeCommons
#libraries #education #information #digitaltools
#LawrenceLessig #AaronSwartz
https://hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff/113131621250853489 molly0xfff@hachyderm.io - If you would like to bid on one of ten hand printed copies of this linocut print, all proceeds are going to the Internet Archive's Open Library.
https://givebutter.com/c/2cScHO/auction
#InternetArchive #OpenLibrary #libraries #linocut #printmaking
Internet Archive Loses on Appeal
Libraries can lend paper books for free but must pay outrageous fees to publishers to lend scans of paper books.
Remember: the Internet Archive owned paper copies of the books they lent. They scanned the paper book, and only allowed one person to view the scan at one time. Each patron had a limited time to view the book before other patrons had a chance. This is as close to lending the paper copy as possible without the patron actually touching the paper copy.
Publishers were upset because this digital lending gave them no more power, control, or money than they receive from selling paper books to libraries. Publishers rent ebooks to libraries in such a way that they get income from them constantly, and not just one time. Renting ebooks to libraries also allows publishers to spy on readers.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/internet-archives-e-book-lending-is-not-fair-use-appeals-court-rules/
https://torrentfreak.com/internet-archive-loses-landmark-e-book-lending-copyright-appeal-against-publishers-240905/
#books #ebooks #scanned-books #scanned-paper-books #rent #library #libraries #freedom #liberty #surveillance #control #power #greed
Appeals court seems lost on how Internet Archive harms publishers
Appeals court decision potentially reversing publishers' suit may come this fall.
According to Gratz, most of the questions for IA focused on "how to think about the situation where a particular book is available" from the open library and also available as an ebook that a library can license. Judges said they did not know how to think about "a situation where the publishers just haven't come forward with any data showing that this has an impact," Gratz said.
#internet-archive #ia #library #libraries #public-library #public-libraries #books #ebooks
#photography #libraries #books
- 17-Year-Old Stanley Kubrick’s Photos Of 1940s New York Prove That He Was Born Genius
Before Stanley Kubrick directed arguably some of the best movies ever made like '2001: Space Odyssey' or 'The Shining,' he was a simple teenager in New York looking for a job. But even then, when the 17-year-old got his hands on a photo camera, he couldn't hide the talent within.
I can finally say I've upgraded successfully to #Fedora40. It was not without hassle this time and it started with what seemed to be a system that did not even give me a prompt after #rebooting, although the update process had seemed to go smoothly and quickly. Luckily, the virtual screens were working and so I could #login to a #shell. Although #sddm didn't seem to be working, #kdm was and so I was able to open a desktop session, but only in #Gnome. There were still problems running #kde #programs such as #konsole and #korganizer as some #qt #libraries were missing. Installing those allowed the programs to run. Also, no #audio devices were being detected and so I couldn't play any clips, etc.
Today I found that #kwin was also lacking a library (#qtsensors) and so after that was installed and I rebooted the machine, I found that sddm was working again and so I could log in to the #kde session that I usually do. Also, the #sound issue was solved by removing the directory #wireplumber from ~/.local/state.
There’s More to Copyright Than Financial Incentives, Internet Archive Argues in Court
#torrent-freak #internet-archive #ia #freedom #liberty #library #libraries #ebook #ebooks #lawsuit #price-gouging #enshittification #library-freedom #book-publishers #lawsuit
Z-Library: New Problems
My private URL for Z-Library no longer works. These were an innovation Z-Library started a year or two ago. You sent an email message to them, and they sent you back custom URLs just for you.
However, I found http://zlib24th6ptyb4ibzn3tj2cndqafs6rhm4ed4gruxztaaco35lka.b32.i2p/ This works just fine, and will be harder to block, but I2P doesn't make connections as easily as the Clearnet, and not even as easily as Onionland. Also, a lot of you don't run I2P.
For now, https://singlelogin.re/ is also working.
#zlibrary #z-library #books #copyright #site-blocking #open-culture #library #libraries #free-access #ebooks #downloads #ebook-downloads #book-downloads
When you're new to a development stack (here, NextJS for me), it's not easy to know which libraries to use.
This article explains the process quite well, using the internationalization example, but that's true for almost every use case:
https://dev.to/arsenii/how-to-choose-an-i18n-library-for-a-nextjs-14-application-part-1-5hjp
Publishers Secure Widespread Support in Landmark Copyright Battle With Internet Archive
Major book publishers continue their legal crusade against Internet Archive's scan-and-lend library, hoping to shut it down for good. IA's appeal previously received support from authors and copyright scholars. The publishers, however, have some heavyweight backers too. New amicus briefs are signed by former U.S. politicians, former judges, and legal scholars. Industry groups such as the MPA and RIAA also rally behind the publishers.
#internet-archive #ia #copyright #copying #books #book-publishing #publishers #fair-use #library #libraries #intellectual-property #lawsuit
The association, founded in 1876, condemned legislation that would threaten librarians and other educators with criminal prosecution for possessing “obscene” material.
#ALA #libraries #censorship #read #BannedBooks #books #democracy #legislation
