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• On the post: Second Circuit Says Libraries Disincentivize Authors To Write Books By Lending Them For Free

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2024 @ 05:35pm

  You know what? All my original music and public domain covers (and covers of songs that are creative commons and allow derivatives) are uploaded to the internet archive. I do this in addition to putting my works for sale on bandcamp as well as selling them on iTunes and AmazonMP3 as well as streaming services such as Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, etc. Why do I do this? Because I want even poor people to access my music, and thinking I could prevent copying on computers is just as foolish as preventing people from having sex, so I might as well give it away for free.

• On the post: Second Circuit Says Libraries Disincentivize Authors To Write Books By Lending Them For Free

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2024 @ 05:28pm

  Or at the very least, have a copyright regime that benefits the public instead of the greedy gatekeepers.

• On the post: Drag Performers Collect $100k Settlement From NH State Rep Who Smeared Them As Sex Offenders

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2024 @ 05:41pm

  Thanks for your clarification. I really appreciate it!

• On the post: Drag Performers Collect $100k Settlement From NH State Rep Who Smeared Them As Sex Offenders

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2024 @ 04:47pm

  Just out of curiosity, if David Love forwarded an email or retweeted a tweet defaming the two Drag Queens in question, the original emailer and the tweeter defaming the drag queens would be found liable, but not Love, thanks to §230 of the CDA. Since that defamatory disinfo came out of Love's own mouth even though it's not originally from him, he's on the hook. Do I have that right?

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2024 @ 06:48am

  Following copyrights to the letter is significant part of what makes our technology good.

  You do know that Fair Use is in the letter of US law, right?

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: August 25th – 31st

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2024 @ 09:44am

  Ah, then to answer your question, I don't know.

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: August 25th – 31st

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2024 @ 05:30am

  Even in the Greek myth, Midas turning everything he touches into gold is problematic, as he can't embrace his daughter or drink water anymore. So to answer your question, no.

• On the post: Brazil Bans ExTwitter In Battle With Musk, Takes VPNs & Users Down With It

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2024 @ 10:55am

  Sadly, we all know how that will end and fortunately, the modern world thinks war is something to be avoided.

  Except if you're Benjamin Netanyahu, Vladimir Putin, or have any sort of power in the US government.

• On the post: 404 Media Shows Online Journalism Can Be Profitable When You Remove Overpaid, Fail-Upward Brunchlords From The Equation

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2024 @ 06:45am

  Fair enough.

• On the post: Techdirt Passes Two Million Comments!

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2024 @ 02:27pm

  "Transgenderism" is not a thing. You must be thinking of reality.

• On the post: 404 Media Shows Online Journalism Can Be Profitable When You Remove Overpaid, Fail-Upward Brunchlords From The Equation

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2024 @ 02:23pm

  No, they're Journalists. Making lots of money isn't their goal; Journalism is. That it makes money is besides the point, it just sustains them.

• On the post: Techdirt Passes Two Million Comments!

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2024 @ 03:18am

  I had this more in mind...

• On the post: Techdirt Passes Two Million Comments!

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2024 @ 03:33pm

  Happy to comment here!

  And may there be two million more (insightful and/or funny) comments in TechDirt's future!

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: August 18th – 24th

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2024 @ 12:48pm

  According to your maximalist definition of ©, you'd regard google translate as a violation of © (because translations are covered under copyright).

• On the post: YouTube War Crime: Site Takes Down Rifftrax Briefly In A Sort Of Collective Punishment Example

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2024 @ 05:13am

  Anti-Zionism isn't Anti-Semitism, fuckface.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2024 @ 05:45pm

  Atheists are motivated by authentic knowledge to do the right thing, without the judgment of a dumbass killjoy that doesn’t believe in a gender spectrum.

  How does that square with the oft-mentioned eight genders of the Talmud?

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: August 11th – 17th

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2024 @ 07:54pm

  Thank you! That means a lot! 😃

• On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: August 11th – 17th

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2024 @ 04:31pm

  But perhaps most memorably, this was when we first came across the analysis and now-famous associated graph (actually published the previous week) showing how the length of copyright has followed the age of Mickey Mouse.

  Perhaps coincidentally, I'm wearing an "EFF Presents - Fix Copyright" T-shirt with Mickey Mouse from Steamboat Willie right now, all because Steamboat Willie's copyright expired, something that actually happened this year. This is why we should never, ever give up hope.

• On the post: Republicans Pump Brakes on KOSA After Realizing It Could Censor Them Too

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2024 @ 03:16pm

  This is why the Internet was a far, FAR better place before the politicians and business people and everyone else with money and power on their minds got involved.

  Well, keep in mind that section 230 was created by politicians. and it was fortunately the only think that survived from the Reno v. ACLU SCOTUS case (back when SCOTUS was an actual court and not a far-right legislature).

• On the post: Texas School Thinks It Can Solve Student Mental Health Issues By Banning Black Clothing

  

  Leah Abram ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2024 @ 01:11pm

  *with hooks on both sides of my mouth* "What are you smilin' at?"

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