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arghdoson The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge

As a huge fan of both those books, no, the third book is only OK.

arghdoson Record labels hit Internet Archive with new copyright lawsuit

> The complaint states that when the 78rpm records were converted into digital files, IA reproduced copyrighted recordings without permission. When IA copied those files to a server, that amounted to another unauthorized reproduction

Am I wrong to interpret this as trying to outlaw ripping a CD and uploading to a personal NAS? There’s additional claims about distribution to the public that (may??) seem more reasonable, but that seems like some copyright maximalism trying to rewrite history?