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If We Lose the Internet Archive, We're Screwed - Slashdot (tech.slashdot.org)
 

Internet Archive (Archive.org) being sued by copyrightists.

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Z-Library Plans To Let Users Share Physical Books Through 'Z-Points' - Slashdot (news.slashdot.org)
 

Following arrest of some alleged operators and the transition to more censorship-resistant distribution methods. An eLibrary becoming a physical library.

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'Docker is Deleting Open Source Organisations' - Slashdot (developers.slashdot.org)
 

Forcing an upgrade to paid plan or deleting files after 6mos.

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Internet Archive Loses in Court. Judge Rules They Can't Scan and Lend eBooks - Slashdot (yro.slashdot.org)
 

Because copyright owners aren't making money off it.

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Two websites with cycling infrastructure maps from OpenStreetMap data (hexbear.net)
 

OpenCycleMap (http://www.opencyclemap.org/) and CyclOSM (https://www.cyclosm.org). Both are free to use and useful regardless of the type of bike one is using.

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Fake DMCA Takedowns Blocking Journalists' Stories - Slashdot (yro.slashdot.org)
 

Copyright being used to protect the rich & powerful, who are the main beneficiaries of IP legislation.

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Feds Arrest Russians Accused of Running the Largest Pirated E-Book Library - Slashdot (news.slashdot.org)
 

Despite them not being physically in the US, not having operations in the US, and not selling the books. Just normal world police BS.

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No fix in sight for mile-wide loophole plaguing a key Windows defense for years -Ars Technica (arstechnica.com)
 

Windows once again fails at security despite convoluted attempt

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Debian Chooses Reasonable, Common Sense Solution To Dealing With Non-Free Firmware - Slashdot [sic] (linux.slashdot.org)
 

Debian to automatically load non-free [libre] firmware but inform users it is doing so. IMO a compromise to broaden hardware support.

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Neil Gaiman, Cory Doctorow And Other Authors Publish Open Letter Protesting Publishers' Lawsuit Against Internet Archive Library - Slashdot (news.slashdot.org)
 

Copyright holders mad about online library. (I doubt they like physical libraries either).

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Would you update the widely recognized Communist symbol of hammer & sickle for the 21st century? What would you update it to? (hexbear.net)
 

In the developed world (esp. the US), the hammer and sickle, symbols of labor, are not actually used that widely anymore. Industrial monocrop mechanised agriculture and assembly-line manufacturing processes, as well as the use of robotics means most workers are no longer swinging a hammer or sickle as they produce goods, such as food, for the society. tl;dr: As manual labor has changed in the US & developed countries, does this well-recognized Communist symbol need updating?

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Aren't so-called "communist" countries really (perhaps authoritarian/totalitarian) state capitalist countries? (hexbear.net)
 

Like Soviet Union, PRC, DPRK, Viet Nam? From my understanding these weren't/aren't really ruled by the people but by a wealth(ier) elite, they use systems of money, have (limited) private property, etc.

Which, imo, is capitalism or (its friendlier variant) socialism (which has some communist features like universal healthcare for example), but is not communism.

Isn't the goal of communism supposed to be anarchist communism (no state [government], also no rich/poor divide)? Where nothing is owned, either by the state or by individuals?

I didn't think statism is compatible with communism.

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