> the consequences for others.

The only people facing consequences are the license-holders. Online lending libraries aren't missing a copy now that AA archived it, and there's not really a substantial cost to the hosters in network bandwidth.

Am I missing something here? As a user I don't empathize with anyone but the archivers.

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gattilorenz 3 days ago | parent [-]

IA can be painted in court as an “unwilling enabler” of something like Anna’s Archive, instead of a regular library

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paradox460 3 days ago | parent [-]

If I go to the public library, check out a movie on disc, back it up, and share the back up file online, is my public library legally liable

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californical 3 days ago | parent [-]

Depends a bit probably if your local library has major lawsuits for operating in a very sketchy side of the legal gray area

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account42 3 days ago | parent [-]

Maybe your library shouldn't have made choices that put it at odds with the data preservation community then.

	▲	californical a day ago \| parent [-]
		Strongly agree, but what does that have to do with the point I was making: that yes indeed they might be liable, and are different than a library?