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   Matthew Sheffield (mattsheffield@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 02:27:26 JST Matthew Sheffield

   In an unbelievable act of corporate vandalism, Paramount completely erased the entire archives of MTV dot com, wiping out more than 30 years and hundreds of thousands of pages https://www.showbiz411.com/2024/06/25/paramount-shuts-down-mtv-website-wipes-history-after-20-plus-years

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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 04:30:29 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     @mattsheffield @kern Uhh...crimes against humanity? This should be 100% illegal with no room for bullshit. Infuriating🤬

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     rob los ricos (roblosricos@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 06:52:41 JST rob los ricos

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     • your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

     @blogdiva @mattsheffield

     so...you've never heard of copyright laws, or paywalls?

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     Angie 🇵🇸🇺🇦 (angiebaby@mas.to)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 06:52:41 JST Angie 🇵🇸🇺🇦

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     • your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦
     • rob los ricos

     @roblosricos @blogdiva @mattsheffield

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     Matthew Sheffield (mattsheffield@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 06:52:42 JST Matthew Sheffield

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     • your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

     @blogdiva Well it's their property so unfortunately, they can decide what to do with it. They clearly felt that it was too difficult to convert things over to static sites since they weren't getting any revenue from it.

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     your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (blogdiva@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 06:52:42 JST your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

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     @mattsheffield no, news is not private property. history recorded thru journalism for centuries has not been treated as private property.

     yes, it should be a landmark case against this bullshit neoliberal definition of private property.

     journalism has for centuries been understood as a public good, not a private property. Americans needs to fight Paramount tooth & nail on this one. Zlatlan *is* a shameless fascist and this destruction of an important public good should not stand uncontested.

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     your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦 (blogdiva@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 06:52:43 JST your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

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     @mattsheffield this needs to become a landmark case. there is no way this should be allowed at all. news are a public good or they aren't. this needs to be fought to the death... of these corrupt executives.

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     nicholas_saunders (nicholas_saunders@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 23:36:28 JST nicholas_saunders

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     @blogdiva @mattsheffield this is an obvious #fairuse of #copyright material.

     In the larger scope, obviously you're seeing the bigger picture.

     Facts aren't copyrightable. An editorial would be, but not the facts contained within it.

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     nicholas_saunders (nicholas_saunders@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 23:36:28 JST nicholas_saunders

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     @blogdiva @mattsheffield plus, these guys are fuckers. Erase #mtv ? fuck them.

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     Matthew Sheffield (mattsheffield@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 26-Jun-2024 23:36:28 JST Matthew Sheffield

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     • nicholas_saunders

     @nicholas_saunders @blogdiva I agree that this is a great example of the value of "fair use," and why the Internet Archive is so valuable.

     People should be able to preserve and exhibit copyrighted content for non-commercial purposes. It is no different than a library, and is actually more necessary since websites are so easily erased from the internet.