alt Hacker NewsYour talking about a bunch of books that are out of print and sat unsold for years in a warehouse somewhere. The rights holders could print another run tomorrow if they wanted, or better yet digitize them but they don’t. Where’s your ire for the rights holders who sit on these books and don’t do anything with the ?
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shimman • today at 2:09 PM
"Yes we are destroying books but it's your fault!"
Can't believe this is the brain trust of the tech world. It really speaks on how poor SF + VC are at US politics.
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It's the collective action of losing access to information that's the issue, not the potential of the book itself.
Regardless, these books were available. Researchers, hobbyists - many people have and will find value.
Justifying the destruction of information for a for-profit company is bizarre.