In our post-capitalist system, AI companies can relentlessly violate copyright law by profiting from models based on pirated content, but people who actually want to read the books at Anna's Archive are the bad guys.
This isn't an either/or scenario, judges. It's both or none.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/01/judge-orders-annas-archive-to-delete-scraped-data-no-one-thinks-it-will-comply/
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