this is a very weird headline to run alongside an article that essentially says that an organization that believes in the importance of fair use thinks that fair use should not be interpreted in a way that narrows existing copyright law
Read · Dec 10, 2025
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After I refused a bribe to remove a @web3isgreat post about alleged crypto pyramid scheme co-founder Roman Ziemian, I’ve now received a fraudulent copyright claim aimed at forcing me to take it down
Read · Oct 2, 2024
just noticed that tiktok muted the audio on a video of mine because of a copyright strike based on... silence
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The recent Second Circuit decision in Hachette v. Internet Archive is only the latest battle in the war on libraries and the freedom to read.
Read · Sep 4, 2024
Seen a couple takes about the Hachette case along the lines of “the Internet Archive should’ve stuck to just archiving the Internet and not testing new theories of copyright” and uhhh... I’m not sure what it is you think the Internet Archive does, outside of testing new theories of copyright.
People have gotten so used to the existence of the Internet Archive’s web archive that they forget how revolutionary and subversive it is. The idea that that is somehow safe while the book lending was not is completely flawed. They were just up against a more powerful group.
The Internet Archive lost its appeal in the Hachette case. What a devastating loss for all of us.
