schizoidman@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoInternet Archive forced to remove 500,000 books after publishers’ court winarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square168fedilinkarrow-up1865arrow-down15 cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareSam_Bass@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40·2 years agoHopefully they have an offline backup in storage somewhere for when the current shitshow ends
minus-squareColonel Panic@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·2 years ago(Unplugs external drive) “I deleted them.” “You deleted all of them?” “Yep, not on the website anymore. See.” “Ok… Good… But I’m watching you.”
minus-squareLifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 years agoWell they have no reason to delete them as they “own” the copy they have. They just need to take them offline until they get through the appeal or lose and have to keep them on a p2p torrent aspect instead of through their site. That sucks
Hopefully they have an offline backup in storage somewhere for when the current shitshow ends
(Unplugs external drive)
“I deleted them.”
“You deleted all of them?”
“Yep, not on the website anymore. See.”
“Ok… Good… But I’m watching you.”
Well they have no reason to delete them as they “own” the copy they have. They just need to take them offline until they get through the appeal or lose and have to keep them on a p2p torrent aspect instead of through their site. That sucks