[mnaimd]

I just want to say that AA and others like libgen and zlib have done a great job spreading knowledge in the world. For me personally, if these things didn’t exist, I couldn’t have learned a lot of what I know. This is mainly because I either don’t have access to those books - often due to my location - or, if I did have access, the cost would be very high.

The main problem, I think, is that people believe copyright is an inherent right. It is NOT. The world would never have reached this level of scientific achievement if people like Euclid, Archimedes, Al-Khwarizmi, Newton, and others had put copyright on their works. The same applies to art.

Copyright only serves to make rich corporations richer. People will still donate to authors, but they will rarely donate to corporations. Therefore, these corporations continue to push misleading narratives like 'No copyright = Broke author.'