Internet Archive fans beg publishers to stop emptying the open library.
  • Zacryon@lemmy.wtfEnglish
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    3 months ago

    No one is preventing you from visiting a library, which would be a fesible alternative.

    However, not a simple solution for everyone in every country. Knowlegde should be a free and shared common good.

    • 01011@monero.townEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      That depends on where you live. The Internet Archive is far more accessible than a good library, for much of the global populace.

      • Zacryon@lemmy.wtfEnglish
        1·
        3 months ago

        That depends on where you live.

        Yes, I know. That’s why I said:

        However, not a simple solution for everyone in every country.

        • kent_eh@lemmy.caEnglish
          2·
          3 months ago

          It’s not even limited by country. There are far too many places in well resourced countries that don’t have access to good (or any) libraries.

    • KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      1·
      3 months ago

      No one is preventing you from visiting a library, which would be a fesible alternative.

      actually blatantly wrong, public libraries are slowly dying and losing funding.