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Belgium Targets Internet Archive's 'Open Library' in Sweeping Site Blocking Order
(torrentfreak.com)
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2025
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Yeah, it was Europe's fault for getting the US to replace its utilitarian "to promote the progress of science and the useful arts" basis for copyright with 'droite d'arteur' moral rights (via the Berne Convention treaty) in the first place.