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garymrssn ๐Ÿšซ

Just an FYI.

Apparently a DDoS attack.

I use it a bit and noticed a few SOL forum participants did also.

Gary

Replies:   Comedy
Comedy ๐Ÿšซ
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@garymrssn

massive data breach as well

Replies:   Ahab
Ahab ๐Ÿšซ
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@Comedy

data breech...? Is that the same as a data dump? :)

Replies:   Dinsdale
Dinsdale ๐Ÿšซ

@Ahab

"breech" is not "breach".
Some previously unknown hacker group claiming to be avenging Israel's attack on Gaza (or something) but who are most probably backed by one (or more) of the publishing houses currently suing the Internet Archive have claimed responsibility.

Replies:   REP  Ahab
REP ๐Ÿšซ

@Dinsdale

Some previously unknown hacker group

According to the following article, the publishers brought and won the lawsuit against Internet Archive.

https://time.com/6266147/internet-archive-copyright-infringement-books-lawsuit/

Replies:   awnlee jawking
awnlee jawking ๐Ÿšซ

@REP

Only 127 books? I'm sure Amazon has more stolen books for sale than that.

AJ

Replies:   Gauthier
Gauthier ๐Ÿšซ
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@awnlee jawking

That's just 127 books chosen by the plaintiff. It's the principle that "scanning a book you purchased is a copyright violation" I would oppose. It should be covered by either fair use or first sale doctrine. That was after all allowed for CD to mp3 conversion.

Replies:   Dominions Son
Dominions Son ๐Ÿšซ

@Gauthier

That's just 127 books chosen by the plaintiff. It's the principle that "scanning a book you purchased is a copyright violation" I would oppose. It should be covered by either fair use or first sale doctrine.

Distributing that scanned copy to other people is not covered by either fair use or the first sale doctrine.

Nothing on the Internet Archive is someone's personal copy, they were all cases of someone distributing copies.

Ahab ๐Ÿšซ
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@Dinsdale

Yes, I know. My reply was a tongue-in-cheek response to the (now corrected) spelling error. Apologies for trying to inject some humour into the post. :(

Replies:   Dinsdale
Dinsdale ๐Ÿšซ

@Ahab

aha - by the time I noticed the thread, the spelling error had been corrected.
(checks timestamps), had definitely been corrected.

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