Libraries join protests against blocking laws
In the wake of habrahabr.ru/post/184468 and ahead of rublacklist.net/5847
Non-profit network libraries supported the protest. The three largest resources - in alphabetical order of Kullib , Maxim and Flibust - were closed for a day, posting an informational blank with links to the law and online petition sites.
Someone might find it funny that the sites announced as “pirated” went out to protest against the locks. Nonetheless:
Who will take the next risk?
Non-profit network libraries supported the protest. The three largest resources - in alphabetical order of Kullib , Maxim and Flibust - were closed for a day, posting an informational blank with links to the law and online petition sites.
Someone might find it funny that the sites announced as “pirated” went out to protest against the locks. Nonetheless:
- The laws that are being prepared and already adopted are not aimed at solving the problems of modern copyright. Anti-pirate rhetoric is used as a cover for censorship and pupation of the Runet.
- Online libraries contain hundreds of thousands of books — free, expired, uninstalled, or “sleeping” copyright. The same situation with music, films, images. Close everything would mean the loss of a large layer of culture in the former USSR.
- Library users are not deputies, but completely ordinary people, 99% of the country. Who live with these laws and who need at least information about what is happening.
Who will take the next risk?