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"I had missed this story from a couple months back, but reader Kris
kindly alerted me to it. It's the story of how a video of a grandmother
in Scotland reading a mostly out-of-print children's book to her
grandson, and laughing uncontrollably about the book, went viral and
turned the book into a total best seller around the world."
Punchline: "This is one of the many problems with the approach of
Article 13. It assumes, incorrectly, that all infringement is black and
white obvious, and that all infringement is necessarily bad and must be
stopped. It cannot take into account that those assumptions are
frequently not at all accurate. It cannot take into account that this
will not only cut off much of what makes the internet wonderful, but
will also completely keep new entrants at bay."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
