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But it is totally centered on copyrighted material — otherwise it wouldn't make any sense. Why invoke "parody" if you're not using any copyrighted material, anyway?
I mean, all obvious — I just found the copy rather striking for those reasons. This is beyond "not searching" — this is full-on not understanding the words being used.
@ardgedee I think the intent of archive.org is to act like a library more than a repository of public domain materials.
@homerj From the FAQ: "You may contribute content to the Internet Archive if it's in the public domain or if you own the rights to it." That's pretty unambiguous.
What muddies the issue a little is that they allow live shows and radio soundchecks as well, but that still requires opt-in by the copyright holder to permit archive.org hosting. This leads to eg, Grateful Dead shows being hosted but Jerry Garcia side-projects not being hosted.
But for books, records, movies, etc. it's straightforward.
I mean, I'm personally pretty conflicted. I love all those out-of-print recordings of experimental music and such. But they're legal liabilities when well-meaning people add them to the archive with handwavy disclaimers about ownership that is really in no doubt whatsoever.
But for books, records, movies, etc. it's straightforward.
I mean, I'm personally pretty conflicted. I love all those out-of-print recordings of experimental music and such. But they're legal liabilities when well-meaning people add them to the archive with handwavy disclaimers about ownership that is really in no doubt whatsoever.
@thelonius Ha! I doubt the cartoonist is out there siccing lawyers on people, especially given the context of its creation! But he's known, and he only made the drawing recently, ergo, copyrighted.
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The Internet Archive complies with all takedown requests. They get a lot of mileage from the fact that there's a lot of stuff that's basically orphan-ish. Copyrighted probably but with no known copyright holder. That stuff stays up until someone tells them to take it down. It's not the way everyone would prefer to play it, but it's a decision they've decided to make. If you're a musician and you own the rights to something that someone else put up on Archive.org you tell us and we'll take it down.
See also the hundreds of out-of-print albums of classical and avant-garde music performances posted to archive.org by people whose best intentions are reinforced by willful ignorance.