Post #2950967
2023-07-29 11:56 UTC
@alice@marrow.haus @rodhilton@mastodon.social @nickwedig@dice.camp There are a few communities around dedicated to that sort of archival work, but because of their illegal nature they all operate in semi-secrecy, and it's rarely possible for a public archive to survive for any length of time. That makes actually finding things difficult. Someone, somewhere, has that old comic from the 80s you want in their personal collection - but good luck ever finding it. Perhaps one day copyright will be abolished and all the collections united.
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@alice@marrow.haus 2023-07-29 15:31
@Qybat@batchats.net In fact, I probably do have that comic. The last two or three months I've been "deep archiving" rather substantial comic collections, and have some non-comic works dating back more than 100 years. (Sister asked me for a medieval manuscript on textiles and clothing manufacture, and within 48h she had it. She couldn't believe it.) Up here in Canada we have "fair dealing", which is a little better than "fair use", but… non-commercial personal development is hard to argue if you share.