- HEXN3T ( @HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) 61•4 months ago
I’ve been supporting Wikipedia with a monthly $5 donation. By now, ~$150 in total! I want to support all kinds of great projects, but I don’t have an infinite amount of money to share between everything that exists 😔
I might switch to a monthly donation to The Internet Archive just because of how crucial its existence is.
- Slayer ( @Slayer@infosec.pub ) 48•4 months ago
I think The Internet Archive needs it more.
- TWeaK ( @TWeaK@lemm.ee ) English11•4 months ago
If only they hadn’t shot themselves so hard in the foot during covid with their book lending, and dug the hole so much deeper with their piss poor handling of the lawsuit.
While I do very much support what they do, I’d be reluctant to give them money, if only because it might go to paying their dumbass lawyer.
- The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English5•4 months ago
That lawsuit was a long time in coming. Covid just goosed the schedule forward about a year, and probably made it easier.
- TWeaK ( @TWeaK@lemm.ee ) English4•4 months ago
The lawsuit wasn’t coming because they were in a strong grey area with one physical copy per digital. By offering unlimited copies they directly invited a lawsuit.
And then their legal defense had absolutely no competency behind it. They didn’t come with any legal principles, they basically just said “we shouldn’t be punished because we’re nice”, and then they tried the same style of argument during appeal, basically throwing money away on legal expenses. All the while they were campaigning for donations - the people that supported them were paying the lawyers, not for the IA’s regular activities.
- FaceDeer ( @FaceDeer@fedia.io ) 4•4 months ago
Same here. I’m waiting to see that lawsuit reach its final conclusion, I don’t want to throw good money after bad.
Even afterward, I’m concerned that they might go do some stupid stunt like that again. I’ll want to see if there’s any fallout among their leadership over getting into this situation.
- Oisteink ( @Oisteink@feddit.nl ) 23•4 months ago
how about ddosn’t? Please?
- archchan ( @archchan@lemmy.ml ) 17•4 months ago
Yay, crimes against humanity!
- TypicalHog ( @TypicalHog@lemm.ee ) English16•4 months ago
They should release an app where people can donate a portion of their storage to be used for redundancy in case anything happens to the archive.
- The Doctor ( @drwho@beehaw.org ) English3•4 months ago
Is it bad that I keep wondering if one of the big book publishers bought a DDoS from somebody’s botnet?