Reply to post: Re: I'd have sympathy....

Internet Archive justifies its vast 'copyright infringing' National Emergency Library of 1.4 million books by pointing out that libraries are closed

John Robson Silver badge

Re: I'd have sympathy....

"the ills of the system and totally evil DRM do not give IA any right whatsoever to do this."

I agree - the rules are as they stand.

But the fact that "copyright has been wilfully extended, mainly to suit USA music, film, TV and animation producers/distributors" still loses them* my sympathy.

* The large organisations which are set up to benefit from the works of others long after they should have passed into the public domain.

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