Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: 🐶🧅 Saturday, September 21, 2024

melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Llabyrinthine@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Open Library has scans of older books online.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Thanks, I’ll check it out

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  • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    HathibTrust also

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• Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Hey I ended up downloading infinity train. I can upload it to my google drive if you want to grab a copy.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah thanks, I tend to avoid pirating though

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• Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In many cases you actually can scan things, and potentially share them. There are many loopholes in the Aust Copyright Act, and different ones in those of other countries. Your local library will have an ILL service, an academic library (if you have access) ought have an excellent one. There will likely be fees, but absolutely anything not too fragile to handle can be made available.

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Sounds like a massive organisational job for someone like me who can barely run their own life. I’m more thinking about the things I already own.

    The art books, a few computer books, craft and sewing books… growing up there was a classic recipe book called Australian Cookery and the Vogue Book of sewing but they may be gone now. I had some rare cds but one was lost in a hasty move and another was stolen 🙄

    I’ll have to look at the laws but I’m so risk averse because I don’t have the money for a lawyer and would be hit hard if my internet was cut off.

    I wish it was just legally ok to upload things to allow fair access and ensure they weren’t lost… culture, resources, basic skills.

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    • Catfish@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Dude, I work in this space.

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      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Archiving? That’s cool!

        I’m just saying I’m intimidated about working out the loopholes. I’m caught in a space where I recognise the value but am struggling to contribute

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• Seagoon_@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  One of my favourite scenes from The Time Machine www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_ZfZaRCWTI and the talking books www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NRMYUpgyJ8

  I think more important than accessibility is that people should want to read and write , accessibility will follow

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  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’m not sure about that.

    With AI we’re about to have a lot of terrible books, shows and games released - and the talented people may be pushed out of the industry or forced to choose different careers in order to make a living wage. (I know there were SAG AFTRA strikes and now they may be fighting new disadvantages created by AI.)

    The content gets gatekept to ensure maximum profits and wiped out if the corporation feels like it.

    And there’s less motivation to create or share what you created as a lot of writing and art is being stolen.

    Not enjoying this direction.

    If it was only a moral matter I would straight up pirate everything. Since I lack the experience to know for sure that I’m avoiding the pitfalls (both legal and in terms of continuing internet access/damage to my device) I don’t. But I don’t blame anybody who does and consider it a service in media preservation.

    These arseholes deserve it. A lot of stuff isn’t even available in any other way.

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