Paul R. Pival (he/him) · @ppival
151 followers · 311 posts · Server glammr.us
So much information!
The Anti-Ownership Ebook Economy https://www.nyuengelberg.org/outputs/the-anti-ownership-ebook-economy/
#ebooks #publishing #libraries #lending #copyright #greed #capitalism #FirstSale
#ebooks #publishing #libraries #lending #copyright #greed #capitalism #firstsale
Cory Doctorow's linkblog · @pluralistic
41088 followers · 40979 posts · Server mamot.fr
#20yrsago #Everquest social networks need the Mafia https://web.archive.org/web/20030301000000*/http://hypertext.rmit.edu.au/dac/papers/Jakobsson.pdf
#20yrsago #Streisand suing environmentalists over California Coastline project https://www.californiacoastline.org/streisand/lawsuit.html
#15yrsago English nurseries fingerprinting parents “for security” https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/7430709.stm
#15yrsago Happy #FirstSale day! https://everybodyslibraries.com/2008/06/01/100-years-of-the-first-sale-doctrine/
#10yrsago Coloring the #HauntedMansion https://longforgottenhauntedmansion.blogspot.com/2013/06/stroll-around-grounds-until-you-feel-at.html
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#20yrsago #everquest #streisand #15yrsago #firstsale #10yrsago #hauntedmansion
Dark Sage Torunka :verified: · @kmeisthax
40 followers · 555 posts · Server pooper.fantranslation.orgTo clarify: displaying the #license the #software is under is OK. But you don't need to ask anyone to "accept" the license agreement.
The reason why proprietary software makes you accept these agreements is because they can use them to take away things you'd otherwise have under #copyright #law (e.g. #fairuse / #firstsale #rights). The GPL is specifically designed to not do anything like that, so it doesn't need to be binding.
#license #software #copyright #law #fairuse #firstsale #rights