• Kuori [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    why would you contribute to making the Internet a worse place by enforcing copyright?

    you basically posted a blank wall for people to stare at. meanwhile the user you are upset with contributed what you should have in the first place.

      • Kuori [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        angery you're not supposed to learn for free! that's WRONG!

        • koavf@lemmy.ml
          hexagon
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          2 months ago

          Why do you think it's okay to take someone else's work and just copy and paste it wherever?

          • DengistDonnieDarko [he/him]
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            2 months ago

            easy question, the answer is "because information should be free and readily available for all who seek it".

          • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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            2 months ago

            I doubt he cares because only his employers benefit from having the article paywalled.

            • koavf@lemmy.ml
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              2 months ago

              Okay. It's still a copyright owned by someone and it's not freely licensed to just post wherever. I can't control who assigned whatever copyright to others.

              • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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                2 months ago

                It's still a copyright owned by someone and it's not freely licensed to just post wherever.

                Who cares?

                • koavf@lemmy.ml
                  hexagon
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                  2 months ago

                  Me.

                  https://nedroidcomics.tumblr.com/post/41879001445/the-internet

                  • BelieveRevolt [he/him]
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                    2 months ago

                    Not even reddit-logo cares about reposting articles and has subreddits dedicated to piracy, you're being more reactionary about defending corporations than the corporate site full of ads.

          • TC_209 [he/him, comrade/them]
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            2 months ago

            Subscribing to the Atlantic won't put any money in Simon Garfield's pocket, but freely sharing his article will provide promotion for his book about the history of Comic Sans. Why do you think it's okay to deny Simon Garfield some potential book sales?

                  • TC_209 [he/him, comrade/them]
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                    2 months ago

                    But it does violate a copyright to post the article, which you claimed to have done. So which did you do, post the article (and commit a COPYRIGHT VIOLATION) or post a link to a paywall?

    • koavf@lemmy.ml
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      2 months ago

      It's not a blank wall: if you want to read it, you can do so legitimately. There's no reason to rehost someone else's work. How would you feel if you worked hard on something and someone just decided "I can copy it and paste it wherever I want"?

      • REgon [they/them]
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        2 months ago

        I'd feel fine, I don't write for the purpose of making money, I write because it makes me happy. When I get paid for writing I get paid no matter the amount of clicks I get. All my art is released under Creative Commons or whatever the fuck it's called. Why should I be anything other than happy that some internet hobbyists decided to share my work? You're acting like this person is being robbed of something

        • koavf@lemmy.ml
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          2 months ago

          I also release everything creative I've ever done to the public: that's my choice. The author of the piece didn't make that choice. Why is it wrong to respect that?

      • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]
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        2 months ago

        I'm an artist and I fucking love it when people spread my work around without paying me. It honestly makes me feel great. I want people to enjoy what I've done.